Creating the first node's base virtual machine – VMware GSX 3 User Manual
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Creating Two-Node Clusters Using
Novell Clustering Services
The following sections describe how to create a two-node cluster using Novell
Clustering Services on a single VMware GSX Server system:
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Creating the First Node's Base Virtual Machine on page 219
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Creating the Second Node in the Cluster on page 220
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Installing the Guest Operating System and VMware Tools on page 220
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Adding the Shared Disks to Both Virtual Machines on page 220
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Installing Novell Clustering Services on the Cluster Nodes on page 222
Creating the First Node's Base Virtual Machine
The following steps describe how to create the base virtual machine that serves as the
first node in the cluster, as well as how to create the two preallocated virtual disks that
are shared among the virtual machines in the cluster. You can install Novell NetWare
6.0 or 6.5 in a virtual machine using the standard NetWare 6.0 or 6.5 CD-ROM. VMware
recommends you install NetWare 6.0 on a host with at least 384MB of memory;
NetWare 6.5 must be installed on a host with 512MB of memory.
Creating and Configuring the NetWare Virtual Machine
Note: The virtual disks used to store the operating system and clustering software for
each virtual machine (node) in the cluster do not have to be preallocated virtual disks.
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:
• Netware 6 as the guest operating system.
• Cluster1 as the virtual machine name.
• The virtual machine directory as D:\Netware6\Cluster1 (on a
Windows host) or /home/Netware/Cluster1 (on a Linux host).
• Bridged networking for the virtual machine.