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VCS cluster 5.1 LAB using VMware workstation : Installing openfiler

by admin

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 get started.

create new VM

Select typical configuration for this VM.

new VM wizard

Select the ISO for the openfiler.

installer disk image

Select the operating system as Other and version as FeeBSD

select guest OS

Set the name of the virtual machine as openfiler. You can also set a different location to save the files of this VM.

VM name

Set the size of boot disk of the virtual machine as 10GB.

specify disk capacity

Now click on customize hardware.

customize hardware

Set the memory of this virtual machine to 512 MB

memory change

Select VMnet1 as the network for the default NIC card. This network has a subnet IP of 10.10.10.0/255.255.255.0

NIC1

We need to add 3 more HDD other than the boot disk of 10 GB. Each disk will be of size 500 MB. Click on add and select Hard disk, to add a new hard disk.

add 3 new HDDs

Select “create new virtual disk”

create new HDD

Set the virtual disk type as IDE

IDE HDD

Set the size of disk as 500 MB and make sure the option Allocate all disk space now is selected.

maximum disk size

Set the name of the virtual disk file.

disk file name

Now similarly add two more 500 MB disk to this VM. The final configuration of the virtual machine should look like below.

final configuration

Now we can boot up the virtual machine and start installing the openfiler. The installation of openfiler is pretty easy with few next clicks. To start the installation just press enter on the first screen of installation.

boot from media openfiler

start instllation openfiler

Select the keyboard layout as U. S. English

keyboard selection openfiler

The data on all the disks will be erased. Click yes to all the warnings.

loss of data warning openfiler

Now set the hard disk sda as the installation disk. Make sure you untick other disks.

select boot disk openfiler

Again click yes on the warning.

remove all partition warning openfiler

We may get this warning due to low memory assigned to this VM. In this case some swap space will be assigned to the VM. Click yes to the warning regarding this.

add swap warning openfiler

Now let us  configure the network of this Virtual machine. Select the NIC eth0 and click edit.

network configuration openfiler

Now set the IP address of eth0 as 10.10.10.10 and netmask as 255.255.255.0. We do not need IPv6 configuration so un tick the IPv6 option.

IPv4 network configuration openfiler

Also set the hostname of the virtual machine as openfiler.

hostname and final network config openfiler

Ignore the warnings about gateways and primary/secondary DNS.

gateway warning openfiler

Primary DNS warning openfiler

Set the time zone on the next screen according to your location.

set time zone openfiler

Set the root password for the virtual machine.

set root password openfiler

Click next and start the installation.

start installation openfiler

The installation would start as shown below and would take around 15 minutes to complete.

installation progress openfiler

After the completion of the installation reboot the virtual machine.

reboot after installation openfiler

The VM graphical console can be accessed now by typing below URL into your host machine browser :

Management Interface: https://10.10.10.10:446
Administrator Username: openfiler
Administrator Password: password

openfiler web login

We are good to go with the openfiler storage configuartion now. In the next post we will configure the openfiler storage and assign the shared storage to the 2 solaris 10 VMs.

VCS cluster 5.1 LAB using VMware workstation : The Setup
VCS cluster 5.1 LAB using VMware workstation : Installing solaris
VCS cluster 5.1 LAB using VMware workstation : Installing openfiler
VCS cluster 5.1 LAB using VMware workstation : Configuring openfiler
VCS cluster 5.1 LAB using VMware workstation : Installing VCS

Filed Under: VCS Tagged With: Solaris, vcs

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