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ESX and Lun design
Hi,
I am a little confused about the LUN design when using ESX server's which host Windows clustered VM's.
This is my take on how I think it should be setup and I would very much appreciate any comments.
I am going to connect two clustered ESX servers to my SAN. I will create a LUN and give both ESX servers access to this Lun which will be formatted a VMFS for the storage of VM images. The part that I'm unsure about is some of my VM's are going to running Microsoft clustering i.e. SQL servers.
My understanding is that the shared storage for the SQL servers will need to be RDM. Do I have to give the ESX servers access to the LUN that is going to be used for SQL database storeage.
Setup
ESX1 will have access to LUN 100 500gb vmfs
ESX2 will have access to LUN 100 500gb vmfs
VM_SQL1 will be installed on LUN 100 but will have it's D drive (RDM) located on LUN 110
VM_SQL2 will be installed on LUN 100 and will have access to LUN 110.
The ESX servers will not have access to LUN 110.
Is this correct?
Any assistance is much appreciated.
I am a little confused about the LUN design when using ESX server's which host Windows clustered VM's.
This is my take on how I think it should be setup and I would very much appreciate any comments.
I am going to connect two clustered ESX servers to my SAN. I will create a LUN and give both ESX servers access to this Lun which will be formatted a VMFS for the storage of VM images. The part that I'm unsure about is some of my VM's are going to running Microsoft clustering i.e. SQL servers.
My understanding is that the shared storage for the SQL servers will need to be RDM. Do I have to give the ESX servers access to the LUN that is going to be used for SQL database storeage.
Setup
ESX1 will have access to LUN 100 500gb vmfs
ESX2 will have access to LUN 100 500gb vmfs
VM_SQL1 will be installed on LUN 100 but will have it's D drive (RDM) located on LUN 110
VM_SQL2 will be installed on LUN 100 and will have access to LUN 110.
The ESX servers will not have access to LUN 110.
Is this correct?
Any assistance is much appreciated.
dynamox
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July 24th, 2009 03:00
https://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_35/esx_3/r35/vi3_35_25_3_server_config.pdf
RRR
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July 24th, 2009 04:00
And another thing: you can attach a VMDK which resides on a VMFS as the shared storage to both cluster nodes. This doesn't have to be RDM (anymore).
dynamox
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July 24th, 2009 06:00
where have you seen that it's supported to use VMDK files for MSCS volumes ?
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July 24th, 2009 08:00
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July 24th, 2009 08:00
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July 24th, 2009 10:00
dynamox
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July 24th, 2009 10:00
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r40/vsp_40_mscs.pdf
dynamox
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July 24th, 2009 10:00
i don't see any references to Microsoft Clustering ?
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July 27th, 2009 02:00
RRR
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July 27th, 2009 02:00
I guess I shouldn't trust my colleague anymore