1. Create the windows folders to house the second virtual machines.

E:\>mkdir RAC2

2. Shutdown the First Virtual Machine 

3. Copy all the files from F:\RAC1 to E:\RAC2 

4. Open VMware Server Console, press CTRL-O to open the second virtual machine, E:\RAC2\Solaris 10.vmx. 

5. Rename the second virtual machine name from RAC1 to RAC2. 

Click on Start this virtual machine to start RAC2, leaving RAC1 powered off. 

RAC2 – Virtual Machine: Select create a new identifier. 

6. Log in as the root user and modify the network configuration. 

Follow below step for modifying Host Name and IP

$ ifconfig <Ethernat> <new IP> (eg: $ifconfig pcn0 192.168.157.222)

$ ifconfig <Ethernet> up (eg: $ifconfig pcn0 up)

$ go to /etc/hosts file and change IP and host (eg 192.168.157.222 rac2 racnode2)

$ go to /etc/nodenames file and change host name (eg: RAC2)

$ go to /etc/hostname.<Ethernet> (eg: /etc/hostname.pcn0) and change host name (eg: RAC2)

7. Restart the Second Virtual Machine. 

8. Start the First virtual Machine 

9 Enable root login over SSH on both machine 

 vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Add a line in the Authentication section PermitRootLogin yes

9. Verify all changes and Enjoy.