Specifications

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Creating a Multinode Network Load Balancing Cluster
The next sections describe how to create a multinode Network Load Balancing
cluster.
Creating the First Node’s Base Virtual Machine
Follow these steps to create a base virtual machine that is the first node in your
Network Load Balancing cluster:
1. Log on to your GSX Server host as the user who will own the virtual machine.
2. Launch a VMware Virtual Machine Console and create a new virtual machine (for
information on creating a new virtual machine, see Creating a New Virtual
Machine in the VMware GSX Server Virtual Machine Guide). Choose the settings
you want (for example, the size of the virtual disk or the amount of memory), but
make sure you specify
• Windows 2000 Advanced Server as the guest operating system.
• NLB1 as the virtual machine name.
• The virtual machine directory as d:\cluster\nlb1 (on a Windows host)
or /home/cluster/nlb1 (on a Linux host).
• Bridged networking for the virtual machine.
• nlb1 as the disk file name.
3. Connect to this virtual machine with the VMware Virtual Machine Console and
choose VM > Settings.
4. Add a second networking device, binding it to another physical NIC or to the
host-only network.
You are finished creating the first virtual machine (node) in the cluster. The next step is
to install a guest operating system in the virtual machine.
Installing the Guest Operating System in the First Virtual Machine (Node)
Follow these steps to install Windows 2000 Advanced Server in the virtual machine
that is the first node in your load balancing cluster:
1. Insert the Windows 2000 Advanced Server CD in the CD-ROM drive.
2. Connect to the virtual machine with a console.
3. Log in using the user account that created the virtual machine, or log in as root
or the Administrator.
4. Click Power On.
5. Install Windows 2000 Advanced Server on the disk connected to scsi0.