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Yes, it's called Cluster in a Box, two VMs on an ESXi host, using Shared Virtual SCSI Adaptor.<br />
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See here<br />
<a href="http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r41/vsp_41_mscs.pdf" rel="ugc nofollow">Setup for Failover Clustering and Microsoft Cluster Service</a><br />
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Yes, it's called Cluster in a Box, two VMs on an ESXi host, using Shared Virtual SCSI Adaptor.

See here
Setup for Failover Clustering and Microsoft Cluster Service [http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r41/vsp_41_mscs.pdf]



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it's on Page 15, Chapter 2, <br />
Cluster Virtual Machines on One Physical Host
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it's on Page 15, Chapter 2,
Cluster Virtual Machines on One Physical Host

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Thanks for your help! &nbsp;Always a good experience.
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Thanks for your help!  Always a good experience.

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Hanccocka, this is the visio drawing to the solution I am looking for. &nbsp;I will put this together and followup with you on how it turned out. &nbsp;If you see anything that I am leaving out on the diagram I welcome your comments and suggestions. &nbsp;Thanks!<br />
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Hanccocka, this is the visio drawing to the solution I am looking for.  I will put this together and followup with you on how it turned out.  If you see anything that I am leaving out on the diagram I welcome your comments and suggestions.  Thanks!
esxiclus2008.jpg [https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2012/01_w02/540542/esxiclus2008.jpg]

esxiclus2008.jpg

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I have only 1 ESXi 5 Server. &nbsp;I would like to setup a Microsoft SQL 2008 failover cluster using 2 VMs (Server 2008 Ent, running Microsoft Cluster Service and SQL 2008). &nbsp;Is this possible with just one ESX host server? <br />
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If so what are the steps to set this up? I have a lab environment in which to test I just need someone to point me in the right directing. &nbsp;Thanks!
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I have only 1 ESXi 5 Server.  I would like to setup a Microsoft SQL 2008 failover cluster using 2 VMs (Server 2008 Ent, running Microsoft Cluster Service and SQL 2008).  Is this possible with just one ESX host server? 

If so what are the steps to set this up? I have a lab environment in which to test I just need someone to point me in the right directing.  Thanks!

Can I setup a Microsoft 2 node SQL 2008 failover cluster using 1 ESXi 5 server?

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.