SQL 2008 Clustering on VM workstation 8

Dear all,

I am trying to configure SQL 2008 clustering on VM workstation 8. Until now what I did I would describe you below.

(1) install Windows 2008 R2 64-bit VM001

(2) install Windows 2008 R2 64-bit VM002

After the creation of the above VM, I packed two HDD a VM001 follow the steps.

  • I created two discs Quorum drive, then a drive information.

Then select each drive and delete in material management thing.

Now I sail in the directories where my Virtual Machines is kept and VM001, open the .vmx file in Notepad. and add lines folloing the end of the file.

#*******************************************

#*******************************************

# Shared disk to Config Info:

diskLib.dataCacheMaxSize = '0 '.

diskLib.dataCacheMaxReadAheadSize = '0 '.

diskLib.dataCacheMinReadAheadSize = '0 '.

diskLib.dataCachePageSize = "4096".

diskLib.maxUnsyncedWrites = '0 '.

Disk.Locking = "FALSE".

SCSI1. Present = 'TRUE '.

SCSI1.virtualDev = "free".

SCSI1.sharedBus = "virtual".

SCSI1:1.present = 'TRUE '.

SCSI1:1.filename = "M:\Shared disks\Quorum.vmdk".

SCSI1:1.redo = «»

SCSI1:1.mode = "independent-persistent."

SCSI1:1.DeviceType = 'disk '.

SCSI1:1.virtualDev = "free".

SCSI1:2.present = 'TRUE '.

SCSI1:2.filename = "M:\Shared disks\Resource.vmdk".

SCSI1:2.virtualDev = "free".

SCSI1:2.redo = «»

SCSI1:2.mode = "independent-persistent."

SCSI1:2.DeviceType = 'disk '.

#*******************************************

#*******************************************

When I added above lines, two virtual machines (VM001 and VM002) were closing in.

Then I did following steps.

  • Start VM001.
  • Right-click on desktop of | Manage the. Navigate to the disk management node.
  • Make sure that both drives are Of Basic Volumes.
  • Quickly put in the form and bind them to the letters lead for example; Q and R (quorum and resources).

  • Then start VM002
  • From the node Management disk in the Management Console, you should see both drives.
  • I just 'change' their drive letters.

  • Give them the same drive letters you gave them for VM001.

  • Stop the server.
  • Now can someone please guide me the steps to set up the SHARING STORAGE and configuration on the addition of CLUSTERING in WINDOWS 2008 R2 64 BIT. EA

    Thank you

    Adeel Imtiaz

    Windows 2008 clustering requires the support of SCSI-3 persistent reservation on drives that is not provided by VMware "shared SCSI bus" configurations or one of the 'open source' iSCSI targets The best way to get W2K8 go clustering is to use something like target RocketDivision StarWind iSCSI (http://www.rocketdivision.com/) to offer 'shared' storage, then use the W2K8-built-in iSCSI initiator to connect to cluster storage...

    Cheers, your Udin

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