2 - 3 minutes readHow to create Shared Disk “between” two Solaris Machine on VMWare

Step 1 Create first Machine

Create the windows folders to house the first virtual machines and the shared storage.

D:>mkdir SUNOS-1

F:>mkdir SHARED-STORAGE

Install Solaris virtual machine in SUNOS-1 Directory.

Step 2 Create virtual disks for storage usage, which is shared by Both Machine.

• Down the virtual Machine
• Go to VMware Server Console. Click on Edit virtual machine settings.
• Virtual Machine Settings: Click on Add.
• Add Hardware Wizard: Click on Next.
• Hardware types: Select Hard Disk.
• Select a Disk:
• Disk: Select create a new virtual disk.
• Select a Disk Type:
• Virtual Disk Type: Select SCSI (Recommended).
• Specify Disk Capacity:
• Disk capacity: Enter “10GB.”
• Select Allocate all disk space now.
• Specify Disk File:
• Disk file: Enter “F:>SHARED-STORAGEDISK1.vmdk.”
• Click on Advanced
• Add Hardware Wizard:
• Virtual device node: Select IDE0.1.
• Mode: Select Independent, Persistent for all shared disks.
• Click on Finish.

Step 3 Modify virtual machine configuration file.

Additional parameters are required to enable disk sharing between the two virtual RAC nodes. Open the configuration file, D:>SUNOS-1 Solaris 10.vmx.vmx and add the bold parameters listed below.

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priority.grabbed = "normal"

priority.ungrabbed = "normal"

disk.locking = "FALSE"

diskLib.dataCacheMaxSize = "0"

ide0:1.sharedBus = "virtual"

ide0:0.redo = ""

ethernet0.addressType = "generated

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ethernet0.connectionType = "hostonly"

ide0:1.present = "TRUE"

ide0:1.fileName = "E:SHARED-DISK.vmdk"

ide0:1.redo = ""

checkpoint.vmState = ""

ide0:1.mode = "independent-persistent"

ide0:1.deviceType= "disk"

floppy0.present = "FALSE"

Step 4 Create and Configure the Second Virtual Machine

Create the windows folders to house the second virtual machines.

E:>mkdir SUNOS-2

• Shutdown the First Virtual Machine
• Copy all the files from D:SUNOS-1 to E:SUNOS-2
• Open your VMware Server Console, press CTRL-O to open the second virtual machine,
• E:SUNOS-2Solaris 10.vmx.
• Rename the second virtual machine name from SUN1 to SUN2.
• Click on Start this virtual machine to start SUN2, leaving SUN1 powered off.
• SUN2 – Virtual Machine: Select create a new identifier.
• Log in as the root user and modify the network configuration.

Follow below step for modifying Host Name and IP

• $ ifconfig <Ethernat> <new IP>
• $ ifconfig <Ethernet> up
• $ go to /etc/hosts file and change IP and host
• $ go to /etc/nodenames file and change host anme
• $ go to /etc/hostname.<Ethernet> and change host name

• Restart the Second Virtual Machine.

• Start the First virtual Machine

• Verify all changes and Enjoy. Your Shared Storage is ready for fun.