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Adding the Shared Disks to Both Virtual Machines
Follow the procedure outlined in Adding Virtual Disks to a Virtual Machine to create and add two shared preallocated virtual disks to the first node (called Cluster1). These disks are shared between both nodes and include:
  • A shared data disk (call it data.vmdk, for example).
  • A shared quorum disk (call it quorum.vmdk, for example).
    • Note: Use the Advanced option when adding the preallocated virtual disks from the virtual machine settings editor to select SCSI virtual device nodes for the disks.
    After you finish creating the virtual disks, add them to the second node by completing the following steps.
    1. Open the virtual machine settings editor for the node 2 virtual machine (called Cluster2). Choose VM > Settings.
    2. Add the two virtual disks that are to be shared. Instead of creating new virtual disks, use the existing virtual disks created for node 1 (called Cluster1).
    3. Click OK to save your changes and close the virtual machine settings editor.
    4. For the virtual machine named Cluster1, use a text editor to manually edit the configuration file. This file is D:\Netware6\Cluster1\Cluster1.vmx on a Windows host or /home/Netware/Cluster1/Cluster1.vmx on a Linux host.
    5. For the virtual machine named Cluster2, use a text editor to manually edit the configuration file. This file is D:\Netware6\Cluster2\Cluster2.vmx on a Windows host or /home/Netware/Cluster2/Cluster2.vmx on a Linux host.
    6. Add the following lines to each configuration file:
    scsi0.sharedBus = "virtual"
    disk.locking = "false"
    Note: The default virtual disk type is IDE for the base virtual machine's virtual disk created in Creating the First Node's Base Virtual Machine. If you are using SCSI virtual disks for the base virtual machine instead, the configuration file options for the shared bus are:
    scsi1.present = "true" (If this line already exists, do not add it again.)
    scsi1.sharedBus = "virtual"
    disk.locking = "false"
    These settings are necessary because your base virtual machine's virtual disk is attached to scsi0 and you must have a separate virtual SCSI card for attaching the shared disks. The settings enable SCSI reservation for scsi1, which is described in more detail in Using SCSI Reservation to Share SCSI Disks with Virtual Machines.


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