as a test, I am trying to create a 2 vm cluster which will be running
SQL Ent/W2k8 Ent
on ESX 4 Build 208167.
shared disks are .vmdk files stored on local VMFS voluome on the ESX host.
I followed the 'cluster in a box' procedure:
1 - Created a New vm, just like if it was a standalone server.
2 - Added a disk on SCSI bus 1:0 (original disk was on 0:0).
VMDK fille is "vmfs/volumes/....../ClusterNode1/ClusterNode1_1.vmdk"
3 - This automaticaly added a second SCSI controller on the vm
4 - Set the SCSI bus sharing to Virtual
5 - Created a second vm, same as the first one
6 - Added an existing disk on bus 1:0.
used same VMDK file is same as step 2, "vmfs/volumes/....../ClusterNode1/ClusterNode1_1.vmdk"
7 - Set the new controller to virtual as well
8- I then started the first Vm and... crash with the following message:
VMware ESX Server cannot open the virtual disk, "/vmfs/volumes/....../ClusterNode1/ClusterNode1_1.vmdk" for clustering. Please verify that the virtual disk was created using the 'thick' option.
Cannot open the disk '/vmfs/volumes/..../....vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.
Reason: thin/TBZ disks cannot be opened in multiwriter mode..
what am i doing wrong?
Thank you!
