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Creating the First Node's Base Virtual Machine
Follow these steps to create a base virtual machine that is the first node in your Network Load Balancing cluster:
1. Log on to your GSX Server host as the user who will own the virtual machine.
2. Launch a VMware Virtual Machine 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
  • Windows 2000 Advanced Server or Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition as the guest operating system.
  • NLB1 as the virtual machine name.
  • The virtual machine directory as d:\cluster\nlb1 (on a Windows host) or /home/cluster/nlb1 (on a Linux host).
  • Bridged networking for the virtual machine.
  • nlb1 as the disk filename.
    • 3. Connect to this virtual machine with the VMware Virtual Machine Console and choose VM > Settings.
    4. Add a second networking device, binding it to another physical NIC or to the host-only network.
    You are finished creating the first virtual machine (node) in the cluster. The next step is to install a guest operating system in the virtual machine.


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