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VMware ESX Server Administration Guide
configured for public access. In order to support clustering, the VMFS partition needs
to be configured for shared access.
Take the following steps to change the access settings for the VMFS partition:
1. From the management interface click the Options tab
2. Click Storage Configuration.
3. Identify the disk volume that contains the VMFS partition where the shared
virtual disks are stored. Click Edit for the disk volume.
4. From the VMFS Access drop-down list, choose Shared.
5. Click OK.
You have created the first cluster node virtual machine.
Installing the Guest Operating System
Follow the procedure in Installing the Guest Operating System on page 337.
Cloning the Virtual Machine
Now that you have a virtual machine with Windows 2000 Advanced Server installed,
you can save time by cloning this virtual machine as follows:
1. Run sysprep.exe, which is available on the Windows 2000 CD in the
\support\tools\deploy.cab file. This strips the Security ID assigned to
the guest operating system and resets the machine information as well as the
TCP/IP network configuration.
2. Shut down the guest operating system and power off the virtual machine.
3. Go to the console of the second ESX Server machine. This is where you will copy
the virtual disk that resulted from creating the first node.
4. Log on as root.
5. Change directories: cd /vmfs/vms
This assumes that the internal storage for the second server is in a VMFS partition
labeled vms.
6. Use the ftp command: ftp <server1-hostname>
7. Change directories: cd /vmfs/vms
This changes the current directory to the VMFS partition on the first server where
you created the first node’s virtual disk.
8. Set the type to binary: bin