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C H A P T E R 7 High-Availability Configurations with VMware GSX Server
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6. Click OK to save your changes and close the virtual machine settings editor.
7. Using a text editor, manually edit the configuration file
d:\cluster\SQL1\SQL1.vmx (on a Windows host) or
/home/cluster/SQL1/SQL1.vmx (on a Linux host).
8. Add the following lines to the configuration file:
scsi1.sharedBus = virtual
disk.locking = "false"
This enables SCSI reservation, which is described in more detail in the section
Using SCSI Reservation to Share SCSI Disks with Virtual Machines on page 200 .
You are finished creating the virtual machine for the first node in your 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)
For information on installing Windows 2000 Advanced Server or Windows Server 2003
Enterprise Edition in the virtual machine, see the VMware Guest Operating System
Installation Guide. It is available from the Help menu or from the VMware Web site at
www.vmware.com/support/guestnotes/doc/index.html .
Note: During the installation of the guest operating system, do not install the
clustering services.
When the installation is complete, install VMware Tools in the guest operating system.
See
Installing VMware Tools in the VMware GSX Server Virtual Machine Guide.
After you finish installing the guest operating system and VMware Tools, clone the
virtual machine. (Later, you create the second cluster node using the clone.)
Cloning the First Cluster Node
Follow these steps to clone the first virtual machine node:
1. Run sysprep.exe, which is available on the Windows CD in the file
\support\tools\deploy.cab (or from the Microsoft Web site).
The sysprep.exe utility removes the security ID assigned to the guest
operating system, resets the machine information and resets the TCP/IP network
configuration.
2. Shut down the guest operating system and power off the virtual machine.
3. Create a directory named SQL2 under the cluster directory.
4. Copy the SQL1*.vmdk files into this directory.