Specifications

Table Of Contents
VMware Server Administration Guide
180 VMware, Inc.
! “Creating!the!First!Nodeʹs!Base!Virtual!Machine”!on!page 180
! “Creating!the!Second!Node!in!the!Cluster!on!page 181
! “Installing!the!Guest! Operating!System!and!VMware!Tools!on!page 181
! “A d d i n g !the!Shared!Disks!to!Both!Virtual!Machines”!on!page 181
! “Installing!Novell!Clustering!Services!on!the!Cluster!Nodes”!on!page 182
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!CDROM.!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!at!least!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.
1Log!on!to!your!VMware!Server!host!as!the!user!who!will!own!the!virtual!machine.
2 Launch!a!VMware!Server!Console!and!create!a!new!virtual!machine!(for!
information!on!creating!a!new!virtual!machine,!see!“Creating!a!New!Virtual!
Machine”).!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.
You!are!finished!creating!the!virtual!machine!for!the!first!node!in!your!cluster.!The!
next!step!is!to!create!the!second!node!in!your!cluster.!Then,!for!each!node,!install!
the!guest!operating!system!and!VMware!Tools.!