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Building your Home LabAround Workstation 7

Presented by - Matt Mancini, Phoenix VMUG Leader

Assisted by – Luke Gray, Rob Cooley, Charles Braffett, Duke Encinas

Sponsored by – MicroAge & IOMega

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Agenda

Hour 1

Workshop Overview / Goals

Hardware discussion

Software Installation (Workstation / ESX)

15 Min Break

Hour 2

Finalize System Setup and Demo

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Assumptions and Pre-Workshop Work

vCenter Server was installed

500 GB iSCSI LUNS were created

Workstation 7 was installed and configured

ESX4-1 & 3 Servers were pre-installed and configured

Network Settings were adjusted for (Static and DHCP)

Local Host Tables were used for DNS

NUMA was disabled on ESX servers

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Goals

Questions and Goals?

 

What do you want to accomplish by setting up a home lab or work test environment?

Session Responses..

What are the expectations for uptime and performance?

Session Responses..

What equipment do I have access to and what would I need to purchase?

Session Responses..

 

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Goals

Questions and Goals – Presenters Responses and Workshop Goals

 

What do you want to accomplish by setting up a home lab or work test environment?

• I wanted to setup a home lab with a couple of ESX servers and shared storage

• I wanted to do this so I could testing basic ESX functions and new versions

What are the expectations for uptime and performance?

• I’d like the system to perform well as a home PC and a test lab

• I’d like to use it to do basic functions and run my lab quickly keeping delays to a minimum

What equipment do I have access to and what do would I need to purchase?

• Have - High End PC, Home Network

• Purchase - More RAM, Shared Storage, Workstation Software 

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Goals

• I wanted to setup a home lab with a couple of ESX servers and shared storage• Considerations - Space, Time, heat, Noise, Cost vs. Bulky, Really Fast,

Noisy, Big Budget

• Testing of basic ESX functions and new versions• Do I deploy ESX on white boxes or go with Workstation 7?

• High End PC, Home Network• I currently have a high end PC and home network

• More RAM, Shared Storage, Workstation Software • I’d need to buy a better CPU, More RAM, WS7, and Shared Storage

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Goals

• I’d like the system to perform well as a home PC and a test lab

• I’d like to use it to do basic functions and run my lab quickly keeping delays to a minimum

• Here are my final choices for my home Lab

Item COST Actual Cost

Antec Sonata Gen 1 Case 80 0

Antec 650 Earth Watts Power Supply 75 75

Gigabyte EP43-UD3L MB 85 0

Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q9400 2.66Ghz/1333FSB/6MB Cache 199 199

Cooler Master TX3 20 20

8GB of Patriot DIMM 2GB PC2-5300U CL4-4-4-12 (DDR2-667) (PEP22G5300LL) 200 200

500GB/300GB/160GB SATA 3.0 HD's 200 0

Windows 7 - 64 Bit 140 0

VMWare Workstation 7 99 0

iomega Ix2-200 2TB 260 260

Totals >>> 1358 754

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PC HARDWARE

Hardware Layout – Network Layout

Windows 7 – 64Bit

pNIC2

ESX4 - 1 ESX4 - 2 vCenter Server

Management and vMotion Networks (VMNet1 and 2 - Host Only)

iSCSI Network (VMNet3 - Bridged)

Virtual Machine Network (VMNet8 – NAT)

Workstation 7 Layer

pNIC1

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Hardware Layout – VM Locations

vCenter Server

ESX4 - 1

ESX4 -2

Workstation 7 VM’s on

Local HD

ESX VM’s on

Iomega NAS via

iSCSI LUN

Windows Server 1

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Install VMware Workstation 7

• Go to the iomega share and run the workstation install at Admin

• Download Workstation 7 here..

http://www.vmware.com/products/workstation/

• Ensure your BIOS Settings are enabled for Intel VT and 64 bit mode

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Install VMware Workstation 7

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Configure VMware Workstation 7

•Launch Workstation 7, 1st Time Choose Yes to the License Agreement

•Click on Edit, Choose Virtual Network Editor

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Configure VMware Workstation 7

Setup VMNet1 & 2 for host only, VMNet3 Bridged, & VMNet8 is NAT

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Review ESX4-1 Server

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Review ESX4-1 Server

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Review ESX4-1 Server

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Install ESX4-2 Server

In Workstation 7

- Click on File, New, then Virtual Machine

- Choose Custom and Next

- Choose Next for 6.5 & 7.5 Compatibility

- Choose Installer Disc Image File (.iso), click next

- Choose VMware for guest OS and esx 4.0 for version

- Type in ESX4-2 for Server 2 and click next

- Click Next for default Cores and RAM

- Choose Host-only Networking Click Next

- Click next for Default IO Adapter

- Click next to create a new virtual disk & next to recommend disk type

- Click next for default disk size, Choose the location and click next

- Choose NOT to power on and Click Finish

Note: Screenshots from ESX4-1 Server

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Install ESX4-2 Server

- Edit the settings of the new VM

- Change the current network adapter to VMnet1, choose Okay

- Power on this VM

- Press Enter to Install in graphical mode

- ALT-N for the welcome, EULA, Keyboard type, Custom driver screens

- Choose Enter Serial Number Later then ALT-N

- ALT-N for default NIC

- Enter Static IP of 192.168.56.12 and ESX4-2 for the hostname

- Choose Standard Setup for ESX on HD or LUN

- ALT-N for default HD, Choose the Phx Time Zone, and Manual NTP

- Set the root password then ALT-N

- Review Settings Press ALT-N to install

- Allow to Finish and reboot

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Anyone know what this is?

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Connect to vCenter Server

- Right Click on the Cluster, Choose Add Host

- Type in the Host Name or IP Address, enter root for the username and its password then click next

- If prompted chose Yes to the pop up Security alert

- Review the Summary and click next if okay

- Choose an appropriate license key, click next

- Choose an appropriate location for this host, click next

- Review the Summary and click Finish if okay

- Your host (and any active VM’s) should now appear in vCenter Server

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Configure Network on ESX4-2 Server

- Power down the ESX-VM and edit its settings

- Add the following Network adapters

VMNet2 – vMotion (VMMotion)

VMNet3 – iSCSI (VMiSCSI)

VMNet8 – VM Network (Virtual Machine Network)

- Power on this VM, Allow to boot

- Click on the ESX server, Click on Configuration,

- Click on Properties of vSwitch0, Click on VM Network, Click Remove, choose Yes, and the Close

- In Networking click Add Networking

- Choose Virtual Machine > Next, vmnic3(aka VMNet8) > Next, Leave Label > Next, Click on Finish

TIP – Always check your IP Ranges before assigning Adapters.

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Configure Network on ESX4-2 Server

- You should now have two Port Groups

- vMotion NIC - Click on add networking, Choose VMkernel, Choose correct vmnic, Change Network Label to VMMotion, Check Use this port group for Vmotion, set the IP address / subnetmask, Click next then Finish, click No to Default Gateway if asked

- iSCSI NIC - Click on add networking, Choose VMkernel, Choose correct vmnic, Change Network Label to VMiSCSI, set the IP address / subnetmask, Click next then Finish, click No to Default Gateway if asked

- You should now have 4 Port Groups…

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Configure Network on ESX4-2 Server

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Connect to Shared Storage

- Setup an iSCSI LUN (Already done, can take hours to format)

- Click on Security Profile, Properties, ensure ‘Software iSCSI Client’ is checked

- Click on Storage Adapters, iSCSI Software Adapter, Properties, Click on Configure, check enabled, choose okay (Don’t Close)

- Click on Dynamic Discovery Tab, Add, enter the iomega IP address, click okay & close

- Choose Yes to rescan the adapter

- If needed, Click on the correct iSCSI adapter and the LUN should appear

TIP – if this doesn’t work, reboot the ESX Host

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Install ESX4-2 Server

- If needed, Click on Storage, Add Storage, Choose Disk/LUN, Click on the EMC iSCSI LUN, Next, Next Again, Enter IOMegaNAS as the datastore name, Change block size t0 512GB, Click Next then Finish

- Click Refresh and you should now see your LUN

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vMotion Demo

Now that we have completed our build of Workstation 7 with 2 ESX servers,1 vCenter Server, shared storage, networking, and 1 VM we are now ready to test our vMotion…

- If needed Power on the VM

- Right Click on the VM, choose Migrate

- Choose Change Host, click next

- Choose the destination Host (Wait for Validation), Click next

- Choose Next for Reserve CPU, Review the summary, and click Finish

- Check the status in Recent Tasks

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Closure / Questions