Permisions required for mounting NFS on ESXi host

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  We have a license GPFS and SAN storage. I am trying to create a storage shared for multiple ESX and ESXi hosts share existing virtual machines. We tried once NFS, it of a little slow and consume too much bandwidth LAN.

  Anyone can help answer? Thank you very much in advance!

  It depends on your storage space.

  You must connect all hosts to the same San, then follow the configuration guide of ESXi and specific documentation for your storage space (for sharing LUNS on multiple hosts).

  André

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• Unable to mount NFS 4.1 datastore on ESXi 6

  Good afternoon

  I m running the tests and now I have built a 6 CentOS with NFS 4.1 as a NAS.

  Some lines of logs of CentOS:

  
  

  RPC.statd [1623]: Version 1.2.3 starting

  SM-notify [1624]: Version 1.2.3 starting

  kernel: RPC: registered named UNIX socket transport module.

  kernel: RPC: registered udp transport module.

  kernel: RPC: registered tcp transport module.

  kernel: RPC: registered tcp backchannel NFSv4.1 transport module.

  kernel: installation knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 [email protected]).

  RPC.mountd [1720]: Version 1.2.3 starting

  kernel: NFSD: using/var/lib/nfs/v4recovery as the recovery of the NFSv4 State directory

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  # mount

  ....

  < nfs_fqdn > :/ on/Media type nfs4 (rw, addr = 192.168.X.X, clientaddr = 192.168.X.Y)

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  An error occurred during the configuration of the host.

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  A few lines of vmkernel.log:

  NFS41: NFS41_VSIMountSet:402: mount server: < server_hostname >, port: 2049, path: /nfs, label: NFSv4, security: 1 user:, options: < none >

  StorageApdHandler: 982: APD handle created with lock [StorageApd - 0 x 430694551140]

  WARNING: NFS41: NFS41ExidNFSProcess:2022: server does not support the Protocol NFS 4.1

  WARNING: NFS41: NFS41ExidNFSProcess:2022: server does not support the Protocol NFS 4.1

  WARNING: NFS41: NFS41FSWaitForCluster:3433: can't wait for the cluster will be placed: Timeout

  WARNING: NFS41: NFS41_FSMount:4412: NFS41FSDoMount failed: timeout

  StorageApdHandler: 1066: release ODA manage 0 x 430694551140

  StorageApdHandler: 1150: APD Handle released!

  WARNING: NFS41: NFS41_VSIMountSet:410: NFS41_FSMount failed: timeout

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  Well, the problem was exactly as described:

  WARNING: NFS41: NFS41ExidNFSProcess:2022: server does not support the Protocol NFS 4.1

  WARNING: NFS41: NFS41ExidNFSProcess:2022: server does not support the Protocol NFS 4.1

  
  

  My Linux kernel box´s was not managing NFS 4.1, 4.0 only.

  Solution has been updated with the distribution level.

  Thanks for the attention.

• Newbie! 5.5 ESXi host unreachable.

  I just install Esxi on my Intel i7 Quad Core with 1 TB of HARD drive and 16 G of RAM. The installation was smooth but I have problems connecting to the host.

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  Kind regards

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  Just to update, it seems to have corrected itself after a few reboots.

  So to summarize, I had drivers RealTek RLT8167 when I had Windows installed on the machine, however when I tried to install ESXi 5.5 he complained "No. Found network adapter".

  The reason for this is because ESXi 5.5 included not all drivers RealTek as Vmware he had forbidden in their software. So, I download RLT8168 drivers (also can be found in the link posted above by cykVM) and used ESXi Customizer tool to rebuild the ISO, including the downloaded driver. It worked for me, however the ESXi host would not meet its IP address in a short time after the restart.

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• Affinity reserve esxi hosts and host rules

  I'm trying to reserve a few for some special VM ESXi hosts, I used affinity DRS rules to make the virtual machine to run on special guests, but other virtual machines are also coming on ESXi hosts reserved because of the DRS.

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• As part of the SAR cert is to have a NW separated between ESXi host required for VMotion or is it OK to use IP for VMotion management, in the execution of Certification tests.

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• Can't mount NFS share - operation failed, diagnostics report: failed to get the path console for volume

  I'm trying to mount a NFS on ESXI 6 volume, but continue to operate in the error.  Googling everything nothing helped, so I'm here. Error:

  Call "HostDatastoreSystem.CreateNasDatastore" of object "ha-datastoresystem" on ESXi '192.168.xx.xx' failed.

  Operation failed, the diagnostic report: failed to get the path of the console for the volume, the name of the sample.

  The NFS share is located on a synology nas. I checked the permissions and configuration. Everything seems correct based on the various boards and KB articles.

  Ideas?

  Thank you.

  Find the esx.conf file in/etc/vmware.

  If you could also share a copy with me...

  Try to mount the NFS VMware KB: Volume fails with the error: could not resolve the host name

  Check the link as well below.

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• Cannot mount NFS Debian to esxi 5.1 - Please help

  I've tried everything. I'm extremely frustrated on the way this beginner step...

  Idea was the installation, a debian for nfs box and use sharing nfs as a data store in esxi.

  debian installation, Setup nfs-kernel-server

  tried to get through vshpere

  I get the following message is displayed:

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  Ive looked everywhere and found very little on this subject... I think that its pretty beginner so no one's going in depth on how to do it step by step... I think that sharing is good and the permissions are good but I don't know how to check via the coast host or client...

  any help would be appreciated... I tried a lot of online how tos with no luck.

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• Service NFS server running on an ESXi host.

  I was able to set up successfully with "Services for Unix" NFS server on my Windows 2003 server.  I would now be able to set up an NFS server and NFS client on a pair of ESXi servers. This would allow me to copy the guests of virtual computer through the ESXi host servers using NFS mount points.

  Engineer accommodation

  ModusLink Open Channel Solutions, Inc.

  Short answer is that you can give to this.  ESXi doesn't have access to the console, without access to the consoles, that can't do.  Even with Console cannot yet be done, ESX is bare bones but single server, not Linux.

  You don't want to use your ESX Server as a device.  It's a bad habit to enter.  ESX is a VM host, simply.  Not a general-purpose, file sharing / FTP / sharing NFS GNU / Linux.

  If you think NFS, set up a Linux VM on this host, and use it.

• NFS datastore on vCenter ESXi hosts

  I'm running out of space on our NAS storage.

  Another unit would be very costly.

  It seems easy enough to add an another data store from an NFS share.

  Are there problems I should be aware of if I were to add an NFS share from a physical windows 2008R2 Server?

  I understand that, since the part is right on a SATA drive performance will be bad enough.

  I was thinking more just for backup.

  Snapshots can be taken of vm that are located on a store of data VMFS5 and stored in a NFS data store?

  There will be problems with the addition of shared NFS of different targets to the ESXi hosts.

  However, put pictures on different levels is not a good idea. Snapshots in VMware products function as a string. When you create a snapshot, delta / only modified data is written and read in the snapshot files / delta. The parent files are still used, but opened in read-only mode.

  Remember, a snapshot is not a backup!

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• 5.5u2 ESXi host will not mount CF data warehouses

  I am the admin in a test lab, so many times I have to "make do" with what I have for the material.  I recently reassigned a R910 Dell with 64 GB memory in a 5.5u2 ESXi host.  It has some storage SAS (2.5 to) and some (CT 11) directly connected FC storage and some FC HBAs for use by VMs to send data to the tape library.

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  I have now three users unable to work because they cannot access their virtual machines on storage of this FC.  I can't even transfer them off to use the SAS storage form.

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• Minimum hardware requirements for ESXi 5

  Hello

  I am a newbie of virtualization and ESXi so please help me on these issues:

  I intend to host 1 Windows 2008 Server and 1 Pfsense on the same host with ESXi. The two servers to serve a small number of users (less than 10). The Win2k8 runs just small .NET application and the just Pfsense will act as a router/gateway for web portal (without VPN, nothing complicated here).

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  ESXi will install OK on this system?

  
  

  Thank you
  

  Hello

  Intel http://ark.intel.com/products/71995/Intel-Celeron-Processor-1037U-2M-Cache-1_80-GHz CPU specs this should work in general, but can cause performance problems as this Celeron has only 2 hearts.

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  Also the motherboard used is something check with HCL as at the storage controller and connect it on Board should be compatible.

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