Installation guide

C H A P T E R 1 0 Configuration for Clustering
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Creating the Second Node Virtual Machine
Create a new virtual machine as follows:
1. On the management interface’s Overview page, click Add Virtual Machine.
2. Keep the default Guest Operating System selection of Microsoft Windows
2000 Server.
3. Change the Display Name field to describe the virtual machine — for example,
SCS Node 2 (Kena).
4. Change the Location to
home/<user>/vmware/cluster2/cluster2.vmx
5. Click Next.
6. Select the number of processors you want the guest operating system to use, up
to 2.
7. Change Memory to show the amount of RAM you want to allocate to this virtual
machine.
8. Click Next.
9. Click Existing to attach an existing virtual disk to this virtual machine.
10. From the Virtual Disk Image drop-down list, choose cluster2.dsk.
11. Choose the virtual SCSI node to which you want to attach the virtual disk.
12. Click Next.
Virtual Disk Configuration — You need a shared SCSI controller and shared SCSI
disks for shared access to clustered services and data.
To add a shared SCSI controller and shared SCSI disks, click the Hardware tab for this
virtual machine, then take the following steps:
1. Click Add Device.
2. 2.Click Hard Disk.
3. Click Blank to create a new virtual disk.
4. 4.Choose the VMFS Volume on which you want to store the virtual disk.
5. Give the virtual disk image a unique name — for example, quorum.dsk.
6. Enter the appropriate value in the Capacity field.
7. Choose the virtual SCSI node to which you want to attach the virtual disk.
Note: Shared disks must be attached to a separate SCSI controller. Select SCSI
1:1.