I wanto to make a SQL cluster using VMWare Workstation 4.5.
I need to create a SCSI shared storae device to use witj my cluster.
How can i make this?

I know it was possible using VMWare Workstation 4.0...

Thanks.

Is possible.
I did.

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See my articles...They will help you.

http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-6268_11-1058354.html

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MVP Windows
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"SP" <spupilli (AT) infinito (DOT) it> wrote

Steven S. Warren wrote:
Nice and clear article, but how do you prevent clusterdisk corruption?
Since vmware 4.5 this had become a promblem for me. The only way I could
solve this problem was by using iSCSI disks.

Hans de Bruin

I had to throw my questions in here too, since this is exactly what I'm trying to do. -- Thanks in advance ---

The techrepublic.com article has you download a virtual scsi drive from http://www.robbastiaansen.nl, but he is no longer offering the virtual scsci disk. He says on this page

http://www.robbastiaansen.nl/vmware/vm32w2kcluster.html ,

the process doesn't work with vmware 4.5 (which is what I have.)

1) Option 1 - Since vmware 4.0 is still available on eBay, I was thinking about purchasing it there if I could get a copy of the virtual scsi disk download. Is there anywhere else I could download the disk you reference in the article, or is it possible to recreate it? (Is it just a regular virtual disk with the settings mentioned in the article?)

2) Option 2 - What is the iSCSI technique? Are there any drawbacks to doing it that way?

Thanks
Greg Steele

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steele (AT) entsol (DOT) net wrote:
There nothinbg special about the virtual scsi disk. Its just an old plain
vmware 3 disk file.

With vmware 4.5 you can create a plain disk by choosing 'allocate disk space
now' when you create a virual disk. The rest of the procedure is the same.
But the shared disks can get corrupted during a failover.

iSCSI is SCSI over IP. There a two drawbacks: an extra virtual machine and
pre alfa linux software. I am in the process of setting up a website on
this: http://eratosthenes.xs4all.nl/vmwarecluster/

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Hans

Me too. Have you managed to get it working? How?

Best regards
Niklas E


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