Previous Topic: Configure Nimsoft Server DisksNext Topic: Verify Deployment

Monitoring Services Deployment › Manual Deployment › Configure Nimsoft Server Disks › Sharing the Virtual Disk

Sharing the Virtual Disk

The CA Nimsoft Monitor Server 6.5 Cluster requires shared disks between the two Virtual Machines that are the nodes of the cluster.

Follow these steps:

  1. Right-click the OSS-NMS1 virtual machine, and select Edit Settings.

    The OSS-NMS1-Virtual Machine Properties page opens.

    Displays the VM properties where you select SCSIController1 and Virtual

  2. Select SCSI controller 1, from the Hardware list.
  3. Select Virtual, from Set SCSI Bus Sharing section.
  4. Repeat steps 2 through 3 for SCSI controller 2.

    Displays the VM propeties where you select Hard Disk 2 and 3 from the device list

  5. Select Hard Disk 2 and 3 from the device list and write down the Disk File name.

    Example: [datastore] MaaS-NMS1/MaaS-NMS1_1.vmdk

    Note: Make sure that the names are readily available for the further steps.

  6. Click OK.
  7. Repeat steps 1 through 4 of this procedure for the OSS-NMS2 virtual machine.

    Note: If you could not select Thick EagerZero, when deploying the OVF, you must add the disks for OSS-NMS2.

    Displays the hardware tab where you select hard disk 2 for removal from the vm

    Note: If you do not see Hard disk 2 and Hard disk 3, skip step 7 and 8.

  8. In the OSS-NMS2 virtual machine, select Hard disk 2 and click Remove.
  9. Select Remove from virtual machine and delete files from disk, in the Removal Options.
  10. Repeat step 7 for Hard Disk 3.
  11. Click Add.

    The Add Hardware wizard opens.

    Note: Adding the hard disk also adds the SCSI Controller.

    The Add Hardware wizard opens and you select hard disk

  12. Select Hard Disk, and click Next.
  13. Select Use an existing virtual disk, and click Next.

    Displays the page where you browse and navigate to the Disk File location

  14. Click Browse to navigate to the Disk File location you noted in step 5 and then click Next.

    Note: Ensure that you navigate to the location for Disk 2.

    Displays the advanced options where you set the virtual device node to SCSI (1:0)

  15. Set the Virtual Device Node to SCSI (1:0), and click Next.

    Displays the options that you selected for review

  16. Review the options, and click Finish on the Ready to Complete page.
  17. Repeat steps 9 to14 using the Disk File location noted earlier for Disk 3 and set the Virtual Device Node to SCSI (2:0).

    The New SCSI controller is added.

    Displays the hardware page where you select SCSI (2:0) as the virtual device node

  18. Select the new SCSI controllers and ensure that the SCSI bus sharing is set to Virtual.
  19. Click OK.

    The virtual disk configuration is complete.

  20. Right-click the CA Nimsoft Monitor Server 6.5 vApp and select Power On.

    Note: Ignore the warning about starting from the vApp, and click OK.