vSphere Storage - ESXi 5.1 - Documentation - VMware
vSphere Storage - ESXi 5.1 - Documentation - VMware
vSphere Storage - ESXi 5.1 - Documentation - VMware
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The datastore on the SCSI-based storage device is created. It is available to all hosts that have access to the<br />
device.<br />
Create NFS Datastore in the <strong>vSphere</strong> Client<br />
You can use the Add <strong>Storage</strong> wizard to mount an NFS volume and use it as if it were a VMFS datastore.<br />
Prerequisites<br />
Because NFS requires network connectivity to access data stored on remote servers, before configuring NFS,<br />
you must first configure VMkernel networking.<br />
Procedure<br />
1 Log in to the <strong>vSphere</strong> Client and select the host from the Inventory panel.<br />
2 Click the Configuration tab and click <strong>Storage</strong> in the Hardware panel.<br />
3 Click Datastores and click Add <strong>Storage</strong>.<br />
4 Select Network File System as the storage type and click Next.<br />
5 Enter the server name, the mount point folder name, and the datastore name.<br />
For the server name, you can enter an IP address, a DNS name, or an NFS UUID.<br />
NOTE When you mount the same NFS volume on different hosts, make sure that the server and folder<br />
names are identical across the hosts. If the names do not match exactly, the hosts see the same NFS volume<br />
as two different datastores. This might result in a failure of such features as vMotion. An example of such<br />
discrepancy could be if you enter filer as the server name on one host and filer.domain.com on the other.<br />
6 (Optional) Select Mount NFS read only if the volume is exported as read only by the NFS server.<br />
7 Click Next.<br />
8 In the Network File System Summary page, review the configuration options and click Finish.<br />
Create NFS Datastore in the <strong>vSphere</strong> Web Client<br />
You can use the New Datastore wizard to mount an NFS volume.<br />
Prerequisites<br />
n Configure VMkernel networking. NFS requires network connectivity to access data stored on remote<br />
servers. See the <strong>vSphere</strong> Networking documentation.<br />
n Browse to Datastores in the <strong>vSphere</strong> Web Client navigator. See “Display Datastore Information in the<br />
<strong>vSphere</strong> Web Client,” on page 23.<br />
Procedure<br />
1 Click the Create a New Datastore icon.<br />
2 Type the datastore name and if required, select the placement location for the datastore.<br />
The <strong>vSphere</strong> Web Client enforces a 42 character limit for the datastore name.<br />
3 Select NFS as the datastore type.<br />
Chapter 17 Working with Datastores<br />
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