Mounting the NFS export
Use this procedure to mount the NFS export on VMware vSphere ESX.
Before you begin
•
Set export permissions on the storage array to allow the host to access the export.
•
Verify that there is network connectivity between the storage array and the host where the NFS
export is to be mounted.
Procedure
1
From the VMware vSphere vCenter, select
Home
>
Inventory
>
Hosts and Clusters
.
2
From the host list, select the host on which to mount the NFS export.
3
From the
Configuration
tab, and under
Hardware
, select
Storage
.
4
When the list of datastores appears, select
Add Storage
from the top menu.
5
When the
Add Storage
wizard appears, select
Network File System
and click
Next
.
6
In the
Add Storage
wizard, perform the following:
a
In the
Server
field, type the IP address of the NFS virtual interface of the X-Blade where the
NFS export exists.
b
In the
Folder
field, type the path of the NFS export.
c
In the
Datastore Name
field, type a name for NFS export to be listed in the datastores.
d
Click
Next
.
7
When the
Summary
window appears, review the information and click
Finish
.
8
To verify that the NFS export is mounted, right-click the data store, and select
Browse Datastore
.
The
lost + found
and
etc
directories appear in datastore. There may be other directories that
also appear. To verify that you have read/write access to the datastore, create a test directory and
copy the data to that directory.
Related information
Creating an NFS export on a storage array
(see page 72)
Unmounting the NFS export
Use this procedure to unmount the NFS export on VMware vSphere ESX/ESXi.
Procedure
1
From the
Datastores
window, right-click the datastore and select
Unmount
.
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