Procedure
1
Log in to the as an authorized user.
2
Click the vSphere Web Client home icon.
3
Click
Hosts and Clusters
. In a VxRail Appliance cluster, NFS shared folders can be assigned to
all connected nodes.
4
Click the cluster name in the list.
5
Click the
Related Objects
tab and then select
Datastores
.
6
Click the
Create a New Datastore
icon. The
New Datastore
window is displayed.
7
In the
Location
window type the datastore name and select the location for the datastore.
8
In the
Type
window select
NFS
.
9
In the
Select NFS version
window choose an NFS version.
10
In the
Name and configuration
window, specify necessary information to add the external NFS
storage. For
Folder
enter the Export Path of external storage array.
11
In the
Host accessibility
window, select the hosts in the VxRail Appliance cluster that will mount
the datastore. You can select any or all hosts in the cluster.
12
In the
Ready to complete
window, review your entries and then click Finish to complete the
datastore creation. The new NFS datastore has been created.
Results
After the NFS datastore is created, you can:
•
Provision VMs to the NFS datastore using the vSphere Web Client
•
Perform standard operations such as Open Console, Power On, Shutdown VM, Suspend VM,
and clone VM
•
Migrate VMs between VxRail Appliance datastores and NFS datastores
In maintenance mode, VMs move to another node on the same NFS datastore automatically. The
rebooted node is connected to the NFS datastore automatically.
Setting up external VMFS over iSCSI storage for a VxRail
Appliance
Follow these guidelines to set up your VxRail Appliance for use with a VMFS datastore over iSCSI.
External storage
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