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Archives for November 2013

VCS cluster 5.1 LAB using VMware workstation : Installing VCS

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Now comes the last step in this series to create a VCS LAB. We need to copy the installation media to one of the VMs. We would use shared folder feature of VMware workstation to copy the install media into the node geek01. To enable sharing goto VM > Settings . On the options tab […]

Filed Under: VCS Tagged With: Solaris, vcs

VCS cluster 5.1 LAB using VMware workstation : Configuring openfiler

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In the last post we have installed the openfiler virtual machine. Let us now configure the openfiler to assign iscsi LUNs to the two solaris 10 virtual machines. Login to the web interface using below credentials Management Interface: https://10.10.10.10:446 Administrator Username: openfiler Administrator Password: password Enabling iSCSI services and adding network Access configuration First step […]

Filed Under: VCS Tagged With: Solaris, vcs

VCS cluster 5.1 LAB using VMware workstation : Installing openfiler

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To configure a shared storage for this setup we’ll be using openfiler. We need to create an openfiler VM with 512 MB RAM and 3 Disks of 500 MB for I/O fencing. Also to install the openfiler OS we need a 10GB HDD. Click on the create new virtual machine icon from home screen to […]

Filed Under: VCS Tagged With: Solaris, vcs

VCS cluster 5.1 LAB using VMware workstation : Installing solaris

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In the last part we went through the overall setup for this home LAB. Lets now dive into installing the two solaris virtual machines. Before we start creating the virtual machines, we need to setup the 2 networks (one for connecting the VMs from outside and one for openfiler storage). 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 – Connecting the VMs […]

Filed Under: VCS Tagged With: Solaris, vcs

VCS cluster 5.1 LAB using VMware workstation : The Setup

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I always wanted to have my own VCS cluster LAB where I could do my RnD. Which is generally not possible in the production setup (off course !). So I decided to build this awesome home LAB with VMWare workstation on my laptop. Note : The software iSCSI software used for this setup does not […]

Filed Under: VCS Tagged With: Solaris, vcs

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