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| ====== VMware Tips ====== | ====== VMware Tips ====== | ||
| This article describes the installation of vmware components using a sample system architecture as shown in the next figure. | This article describes the installation of vmware components using a sample system architecture as shown in the next figure. | ||
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| ===== Required vmware Products ===== | ===== Required vmware Products ===== | ||
| For a failover configuration as described in the previous chapter ([[terra4d: | For a failover configuration as described in the previous chapter ([[terra4d: | ||
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| === Network === | === Network === | ||
| - | All the data between the two servers is permanently replicated so the network connection should have at least 2.5 GBit but better 10 GBit bandwidth. | + | The network connection should have at least 2.5 GBit but better 10 GBit bandwidth. |
| + | The network should be fully redundant to avoid single point of failures. | ||
| === Storage === | === Storage === | ||
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| ===== Software Installation ===== | ===== Software Installation ===== | ||
| An account on vmware customer connect center is required to download the software packages: [[https:// | An account on vmware customer connect center is required to download the software packages: [[https:// | ||
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| On Server 1: | On Server 1: | ||
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| On Server 2: | On Server 2: | ||
| * clone Server A installation | * clone Server A installation | ||
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| - | * add 3 new VMs, and install ESXi on them, standard installation with additional HD Storage 100 GByte for cluster storage | ||
| - | * enable CPU virtualisation support in the VMs! otherwise ESXi will not run VMs | ||
| - | * on the vSwitch enable in ‘security’ all options! (enable Promiscuous Mode and Forged Transmit) | ||
| - | * install vCenter | ||
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| === Configure vCenter === | === Configure vCenter === | ||
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| * enable VM Monitoring and Application Monitoring | * enable VM Monitoring and Application Monitoring | ||
| * create VM with HA enabled | * create VM with HA enabled | ||
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| + | === Configure vSphere === | ||
| + | * configure shared storage | ||
| More information can be found here: | More information can be found here: | ||
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