KernSafe Tutorials - High Availability iSCSI SAN for VMware ESXi Server

In this tutorial we will focus on building High Availability platform for VMware ESXi Server. Combining ESXi with iStorage Server will be very profitable for any user that wishes to create a high available platform that will characterize with minimum downtime.

High availability is the implementation of technology so that if a component fails, another can take over for it. By using highly available platforms, the downtime for a system can be reduced, and, in many cases, it can be reduced to a short enough time that the users of the system do not see the failure.

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hello and welcome to another tutorial of
Paris technology to tell serious
in this tutorial i will show you how to
set up high ability using a 3rd server
I'm the vmware excise server high
ability is implementation of a
technology so that if a component of
violence and other can take over for it
by using chi available platforms the
downtown of our system can be reduced
and in many cases it can be reduced to a
short enough time that user won't be
able to notice the failure
first you would need to start with
installation of excise server here we
are on the windows server 2008 r2
machine i already have ice to reserve to
points14 stop
therefore it start by creating a new a
chartered we can organize the server
management console
then we need to click on create' button
really create a standard image file so
first was hard disk image file standard
image file and here we want to create a
new image file i will name it
ha4 high-ability our set of the size 45
divided and also our market this option
use the powers file on ntfs file system
when I will check it it will help me
save more space on hard disk because the
file will expand along with the content
itself i will leave it with animals
authorization and here i will also
change the name of my target I will use
this computer as node 1 so i will name
it h a node 1 please note that you need
to check enable multiple initiate errs
we're full access connected sharing and
clustering
and press finish our times it has been
successfully created therefore now we
need to do the similar thing on another
computer running i started server
here we are already on another computer
this is also windows server 2008 our to
now we can already start configuring I
server since i already started
we also need to create a standard image
file
that was hard disk image file start one
of the image file and i would also image
h a sit-up for four gigabytes and check
that option as well but here where we
can choose the name for our target i
will name it h a note to since it will
be my second note of course please
remember to check this option and press
finish
our target has been successfully created
therefore now we need to switch to our
first windows server computer now we are
back on our first server 2008 we need to
create a failover application and I
storage server to do it please click on
the arrow next to create button and
choose application here choose the
failover I Cassie son mode of course my
car started and click on edit button
type IP address of 2nd note it means
second I storage server and click on the
Discovery button
as we can see we have to select
discovered our second note there for now
we can continue our resort here since
both are empty
we don't need to synchronize them but if
they weren't empty we need to
synchronize them but then keep in mind
that all data on mirror device will be
destroyed after a synchronization r18
node is traded on the server
it was very easy and fast to do now let
me change the second server computer
i am now on the second machine as you
can see on the top right corner we need
to do the same procedure click on the
arrow next to the create button this
application select file / is insane mode
check the target which you want to use
and type the IP of the first server and
click on the discover button
press ok
as you can see everything caisson place
and same as I said area both projects
are empty so we don't need to summarize
them thank you talk about them
and now our failover applications
created on both servers therefore we
already finished configure a ting both I
storage servers we can now switch to the
vsphere client so now we are on yet
another windows server 2008 our tool but
this one have already installed vmware
vsphere client i will post a link in the
description box below to this program so
let us start with our client here please
type or information required to log into
the cellar along with the login username
and password if it's a penny
upon login we need to configure
eight-hour as exercise server by
clicking on configuration tab
first we need to add new networked with
never click on the networking in the
hardware group click on the add
networking button from this we start we
need to choose vm caramel click on the
next button to continue chose the switch
is 0 and click on next
here you can change name of your beard
one network i will name it
HHA since i'm creating it to use
high-ability set up IP address for this
network and suddenly a mask
after checking if all the information is
correct click on finish when our network
is ready we can go to storage adapters
and click on the properties in the
details window
first we need to make sure that these
stitches is set up for enable if it
isn't setup unable to please click on
the configure a button and make sure
that this is checks now we need to
discover our daughter therefore switch
to discover tab click on the Add button
and type the IP address of your first I
storage cellar and the same thing for a
second I story server
when you done it please switch back to
the general tab click on the advanced
button and scroll down below and please
make sure that the late
ack is unchecked otherwise it may result
in slowly performance and even interfere
with high ability between servers and
San itself then just click on OK and
click on close when you will have this
prompting this window prompting for
scanning the adapters jazz click yes and
please wait a while for esxi server to
discover it and we can see it discovered
one started when we click on the parts
we can notice that two parts are
connected to the same target therefore
they are already set up in the high
ability and we can also sit over there
as well now we can go to the storage and
we can add our new storage now to just
get by clicking on the add storage
button choose this clan and connects
here choose the current safe iscsi disk
that have four gigabytes or more
depending what the juice it up area we
can notice not have this casey blank and
because it was created from the fresh
iscsi target
therefore it needs to be partition and
format before using ask for name i will
type windows XP HHA since our install
windows experience later
just click Next again and become
definitely bottom now we need to wait
for our storage to be formatted and then
it will appear on the top it may take
several minutes so please be patient
our storage has been successfully
created therefore we can now intelligent
machine on it we can do it by clicking
on inventory host new virtual machine
from the US Department choose dtp
configuration and click Next button to
continue as for the name of this one
machine i will type windows XP HHA
from this is to the storage we just
created and click Next button to
continue
families are available operating systems
choose your system i will choose windows
XP professional
in next in new window you will need to
set up how big your storage will be I
think about is more than enough things
down system i will also check editing
machine settings before competition
because i want to edit our little
ultimate I want to change here where my
insulation CBS i will choose it as host
device since i already put city in my
host machine
therefore our soundtrack connect power
then it will automatically connect to my
dr upon torrent on elliptical machine
after clicking on the finish please wait
a moment for a little machine to be
created our original machine is finally
created you can access it through the
left side panel and now we can start
operating system on it therefore switch
to the console tab
at the beginning you will just be a
blank screen mad after you will press
power on button you will be able to
install off on it
we can notice that it's already started
voting from my CD of course you can
continue it
installation of your operating system it
will be exactly the same as on a
physical computer
you can install windows XP Windows 7 or
any other windows or linux base
operating system
thank you for attention that is all i
have prepared for today and talk to you