This sample deployment illustrates how to install and configure Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability (SFCFSHA) in a VMware virtual server using VMware filesystem (VMFS) virtual disks (VMDKs) as the storage subsystem.

The information provided here is not a replacement or substitute for SFCFSHA documentation nor for the VMware documentation. This is a deployment illustration which complements the information found in other documents.

The following product versions and architecture are used in this example deployment:

A four node virtual machine cluster will be configured on two VMware ESXi servers. Shared storage between the two ESXi servers using Fibre Channel has been setup. The Cluster File System will exist across four virtual machines: cfs01, cfs02, cfs03, and cfs04. Three Symantec Coordination Point (CP) servers will be used: cps1, cps2, and cps3 (this one placed in a different ESXi server). For storage, five data stores will be used and one shared VMDK file will be placed in each data store.

Two private networks will be used for cluster heartbeat. They are called PRIV1 and PRIV2. Virtual switch vSwitch2 also has the VMkernel Port for vMotion enabled. vSwitch0 is used for management traffic and the public IP network.

Some blades have a two network limit. If this is the case, configure one network for heartbeats and the other one as a heartbeat backup (low priority setting).