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BC-ESXi, building a hardware node
(x-post from the original project, the hardware build has not changed) In this post I’ll document the steps of putting the hardware together for a cluster node. A story in pictures: I’ve unscrewed and removed the cover of the Antec case. … Continue reading
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BC-ESXi, good things come in threes
(x-post from original to show off the goods) So finally the stuff has arrived, one big box filled with goodies. And as the saying goes, all good things come in threes … Well, enough fun with the … Continue reading
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BC-ESXi, the shopping list
update Nov 7th 2015 For reference, this is the list of components that I ordered in 2011. Some of these parts are more difficult to come by however by checking the specs you get a good idea of what I … Continue reading
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Binsfeldius Cluster moving to VMWare vSphere 6.0
update Nov 7th 2015 In this NEW series of posts I’ll walk you through the steps, issues and frustrations of designing, building and configuring a low-power performance virtualisation cluster based on three nodes. It’s a write-as-I-go story which means I’ll … Continue reading
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Joining the nodes to the domain and LUN’s
Now it’s time to join all the bits and pieces together in one coherent domain management environment. If your Domain Controller is setup correctly and DNS can resolve everything, it’s not really rocket science to join the cluster nodes to … Continue reading
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Getting the new DC1 online (a.k.a. remote management quirks)
Before we can start the cluster process, we first need the DC1. As Hyper-V Server does not have a full GUI, you’ll need a windows client machine for the next steps. A bit of uncharted territory here too as I’ll … Continue reading
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Configuration steps: sconfig
The cluster nodes have been renamed in a previous post. There are some notable changes in the new version of sconfig. To configure remote management select option (4). It looks like Remote Management is enabled by default, if this is … Continue reading
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The new domains
The original cluster consisted of a single forest, single domain and contains VM’s as well as the cluster nodes. It simplifies management however it runs the (higher) risk that if an exposed VM gets compromised it spreads to the domain … Continue reading
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Installing Hyper-V Server 2012 to iSCSI Remote Boot LUN
I’m reusing the separate iSCSI targets with associated mapped LUN’s for each node, so: node 1 iSCSI initiator: n1bc –> iSCSI target: ttgbootn1 node 2 iSCSI initiator: n2bc –> iSCSI target: ttgbootn2 node 3 iSCSI initiator: n3bc –> iSCSI target: ttgbootn3 I’ve burned the Hyper-V Server 2012 iso to … Continue reading
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Updating a node
As this is an upgrade, the cluster nodes are ready to go. The previous build report is here. NIC Flash Update & iSCSI boot enable The next step is the firmware flash update of the Intel PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server … Continue reading
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