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ESX Server offers clustering capabilities for applications on virtual machines. Any clustering configuration based on ESX Server should not be deployed in a production environment unless it has been rigorously tested and reviewed.

The following sections outline how to use VMware ESX Server 2.0 and higher to provide clustered virtual machines in a variety of environments.

• What Is Clustering?
  • Applications that Can Use Clustering
  • Clustering Software
  • Clustering Hardware
• Clustering Virtual Machines
  • Clustering Software in Virtual Machines
  • Configuring Virtual Machine Clusters with Shared Disks
  • Two Node Cluster with Microsoft Cluster Service on a Single ESX Server Machine
  • Two Nodes with Microsoft Cluster Service on Separate ESX Server Machines
  • VMFS Locking and SCSI Reservation
• Network Load Balancing
  • What Is Network Load Balancing?
  • Creating Multinode Network Load Balancing Clusters on ESX Server
• Guidelines for Specific Configurations
  • Configuring FAStT Storage for Failover and Multipath Visibility