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Creating a Multinode Network Load Balancing Cluster
The following 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 or Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition 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 filename.
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)
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
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.