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VMware Cluster - ESXi 5.0

Former Member
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Hi Friends,

Can anyone please suggest on how to create a OS cluster using ESXi 5.0.

System details as below,

Host OS : WIndows 7

Hardware : 500GB

RAM : 8 GB / 4 GB

Guest od : RHEL 5.0 / RHEL6.0

Is it possible to configure cluster on the above mentioned environment ?

I think "VMware-v Center-Server" can be installed only in windows server edition Not in windows 7.

Further,

Can somebody suggest on

1. Require software's

2. How to achieve it.

Thanks,

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Former Member
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Please be careful with the denotation "host OS" and "guest OS". If you use ESX(i), there is no "host OS", only guests.

ESX Host Cluster:

http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/10232

Windows Guest Cluster:

http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.vsphere.mscs.doc_50/GUID-1A2476C0-CA66-4B80-B6F9-...

Red Hat Cluster Suite for SAP (describes a physical cluster):

https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/refarch/deploying-highly-available-sap-servers-using-red-hat-clu...

Former Member
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Thanks all for your quick response.

I am bit confused of reading some documents related to VMware.

Can you please quickly suggest on below points,

I installed ESXi 5.0 in Vmware workstation which sites on windows 7 (host machine), Is this the correct method ?

Is it possible to perform vm cluster in windows 7 ( one physical host) ?

All I want is the steps in short to acheive vmware cluster in one host and on windows 7.

If windows 7 is not possible, then how to acheive it with windows 2008 / 2003 server ?

Steps in short

@ Matthias Schlarb,

Please clarify this " If you use ESX(i), there is no "host OS", only guests"

Thanks,

markus_doehr2
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> I installed ESXi 5.0 in Vmware workstation which sites on windows 7 (host machine), Is this the correct method ?

ESXi is installed on the BARE METAL, not in an already virtualized environment.

- Wipe Window s7

- install ESXi

Markus

Former Member
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Hi Markus,

If i install ESXi in Bare metal,

where I have to instal VMware-v Center-Server and Vsphere client ?, as these are windows executable's.

My intention is to install and configure OS cluster in one physical host, Can you also please give some insight / steps on how to achieve this.

Thanks in Advance.

markus_doehr2
Active Contributor
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> If i install ESXi in Bare metal,

> where I have to instal VMware-v Center-Server and Vsphere client ?, as these are windows executable's.

On a separate client/PC.

> My intention is to install and configure OS cluster in one physical host, Can you also please give some insight / steps on how to achieve this.

With 8 GB RAM not possible.

ESXi alone plus two instances will consume all the memory.

Markus

Former Member
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Thanks Markus,

I shall test and close this thread.

Ganesh

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Please note. Clustering at the OS level is not an SAP specific task. VMware and/or Microsoft will provide better Clustering methods for clustering your Operating System.

Also,

As it was said earlier, VMware ESXi is a bare-metal hypervisor, which means, it should be installed directly on the hardware. You'd then manage the Hypervisor via VIC (Virtual Infrastructure Client) which is installed on a Workstation PC and used to remotely access the hypervisor or vCenter directly.

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former_member188883
Active Contributor
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Hi Ganesh,

Refer SAP Note 1374671 - High Availability in Virtual Environment on Windows for inputs on HA setup on Virtual environment.

SAP either supports Guest Failover Clustering, or Host Failover Clustering

Additionally refer SAP Note 1122387 - Linux: SAP Support in virtualized environments

SAP Note 1400911 - Linux: SAP on Red Hat KVM - Kernel-based Virtual Machine

Hope these are useful.

Regards,

Deepak Kori