Hi, I am wondering if I can Install VSA on a single node, then add a second node later ?
The scenario is that i have 2 Dell servers
i. R620 (ESXi 5.0 installed on SD cards and has 8x300GB SAS HDD)
- Single datastore uses full 1.8TB
- Only one "thick-provisioned" VM running (450GB allocated (virtual disks "OS 150" + "data 300GB"), Windows 2008 + Data uses approx 250GB)
ii. R320 (ESXi 5.1 installed on SD cards and has 8x300GB SAS HDD).
- No data stores created yet.
What I want to do is to :
i. create a "shared" datastore on R320 (maybe 600GB or 800GB)
ii. Power off and vMotion the VM to the "shared" datastore
iii. Wipe out the data store on R620 (May need to destroy HW RAID)
iv. Upgrade R620 from ESXi 5.0 to 5.1
v. Join the "shared" datastore to R620.
Can the above be done and may I know what to look out for ?
Thanks..