Installation guide

C H A P T E R 1 0 Configuration for Clustering
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4. Start the Disk Administrator and change both shared disks to basic disks.
5. Format both shared virtual disks with NTFS if they are not already formatted.
6. Assign the first shared disk to Q: (quorum) and the second disk to R:.
If you have joined this virtual machine to an existing Active Directory domain,
skip to step 11.
7. Run dcpromo.exe from the command prompt. This starts the Active
Directory Wizard.
8. Set up the current machine as a domain controller. For the domain name, use
something like vmcluster.domain.com where domain.com is your DNS
domain and vmcluster is your Active Directory domain. This node may be
setup as a new domain tree and also a new domain forest, or it may join existing
ones.
9. Make sure the DNS server is installed.
10. Set the domain permissions as mixed mode unless you plan otherwise.
11. To add a cluster services account in the domain, go to Programs >
Administrative Tools > Active Directory Users and Computers.
12. Add an account named cluster, check User cannot change password and
Password never expires.
13. Insert the Windows 2000 Advanced Server CD in the server’s CD-ROM drive.
14. Go to Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs.
15. Select Add/Remove Windows Components.
16. Check the Cluster Service component.
17. Click Next. Follow the prompts to install the service.
18. As you configure Cluster Service, choose Form a New Cluster.
19. Specify the cluster name (Arish)
20. Specify the cluster IP address. This is the address that will represent the cluster. It
must be on the same network as that of the vmnic0.
21. Specify the cluster service account created above.
22. Specify that both shared disks should be managed by the cluster service.
23. Indicate the shared disk (Q:) to be the quorum disk.
24. Specify which network adapter is public and which is private.