Dell POWEREDGE DL385 - Manual (Page 15)

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solution with VMware ESX vs. HP ProLiant DL385 solution
6. Click OK.
7. Click the Targets tab.
8. Find the two relevant SQL Data volumes for this VM, and select it. Click Log On…
9. Check the checkbox to allow automatic logon on reboot, and to also enable multipath.
10. Click OK.
Configuring additional virtual disks in Disk Management inside the VM
1. Inside the VM, click Start, Administrative Tools, Computer Management.
2. Click Disk Management.
3. Right-click the uninitialized disks (if any), and choose Initialize Disk.
4. Choose
MBR.
5. Right-click the SQL Server log volume, and choose New Simple Volume. Click Next.
6. Keep the default drive space, and click Next.
7. Keep the default drive letter assignment, and click Next.
8. Choose NTFS, 64KB allocation unit size, and check the Perform a quick format checkbox. Click Next.
9. Click
Finish.
10. Create the folders necessary for the database log. We used <driveletter>:\SQLLog for the SQL Server
transaction log volume and <driveletter>:\SQLData for the SQL Server data volumes.
Creating the additional VMs on the host server
After installing and configuring the initial VM, we created the additional VMs through automated cloning scripts.
Cloning the VMs
We used a shell script on the ESX Server to copy the Virtual Disks, and to clone the VMs. This shell script copied
the VM definition and virtual disks, and registered the new VM in ESX, using the vmware-cmd utility. Using these
automated cloning scripts saved time and let us confirm that we configured all VMs similarly.
Configuring the additional VMs after cloning
1. In vSphere, expand the host, and click the VM.
2. Click the console tab.
3. Start the VM by right-clicking the VM, and choosing Power ÆPower On.
4. Click
StartÆControl PanelÆNetwork and InternetÆNetwork Connections, and double-click the Local
Area Connection.
5. Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), and click Properties.
6. In the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties screen, select the Use the following IP address
radio button.
7. Enter a valid static IP address for this new VM, subnet mask, and default gateway.
8. Select the Use the following DNS server addresses radio button, and enter at least one valid DNS server,
if the application requires you to do so.
9. Click OK, and click Close to exit.
10. Click StartÆControl PanelÆSystem.
11. Click Change Settings to change the computer name.
12. Click the Change button.
13. Enter the new computer name.
14. Click OK, and click OK again.
15. Reboot the VM as prompted.
Setting up and configuring the HP DL385 server and HP Modular Smart Array 30 storage
We installed a fresh copy of Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 2 on the HP ProLiant
DL385.
We installed four internal drives in the HP DL385. We attached the server to a Modular Smart Array 30 (MSA30).
We cabled the MSA30 to the Smart Array 6400 storage adapter in the server via one SCSI cable. The I/O module
on the MSA30 was a single port I/O module, so all SCSI traffic flowed through the one cable.