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Geoff N. Hiten
 
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Default Re: cluster testing... - 10-21-2008 , 10:46 AM






You will need to set up a separate virtual network for the storage
connections on all VMs. You don't want to share normal IP and iSCSI traffic
on the same network, even if it is virtual.

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Geoff N. Hiten
Principal SQL Infrastructure Consultant
Microsoft SQL Server MVP




"Gene." <Gene (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote

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Thank you Geof, i will try. Do i have to have permanent ip addresses for
it?


"Geoff N. Hiten" wrote:

As Ryan mentioned, you need something to act as the multi-connected
storage
device. If you are testing with Windows 2008, you can no longer use a
parallel SCSI emulator. RAID and clustering are unrelated technologies,
although they are often used together to increase overall system
availability.

I second Ryan's recommendation of the StarWind iSCSI emulator. You will
need a VM to host that as will.


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Geoff N. Hiten
Principal SQL Infrastructure Consultant
Microsoft SQL Server MVP




"Gene." <Gene (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A395E68B-765A-42BA-AC4D-563DAF44A819 (AT) microsoft (DOT) com...
Geofl, Rayan

i have pc with 4g of ram and 250g with Vista business on it. What i was
thinking to do was to install 2 vm's and install windows server on
each.
Will this experiment work on it? Do i have any additional drives
installed.
I understand that windows cluster services should recognise raid
drives.
How
this aspect will work?


"Geoff N. Hiten" wrote:

Yes. I do that a lot.

What Virtual Host do you plan to use. I have done successful testing
with
both Virtual Server and Hyper-V

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Geoff N. Hiten
Principal SQL Infrastructure Consultant
Microsoft SQL Server MVP




"Gene." <Gene (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Guys, do you know if i could test 2 node cluster installation and
configuration by using VM's?






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