use a hard file as a shared disk between two vm

Hi guys,.

I wanted to know if there is a possible way to create a hard file as a shared disk between two virtual machines.

That's my idea:

I want to create a mscluster between two vm one before I need to a shared disk - I don't want to use the external storage, so I thought that maybe there is a way to use a file hard like a disk storage shared "external".

Is it possible to do this? If there is, I enjoy an explanation how to do that.

Thank you very much

Martin.

Take a look at the cluster configuration guide - http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r40/vsp_40_mscs.pdf.

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