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ReadyNAS NV+ and VMWARE ESX NFS Share
I'm trying to create a NFS DataStore on my ReadyNAS NV+ with ESX 3.5 I'm using RAIDiator 4.01c1-p2 and have created an NFS Share (VMStore) with default access of Read/Write with Root Privilege-enab...
"So my question is, Why cant they both talk to the same /VMShare mount or am I doing this wrong/setup wrong"
Good news, there's no reason this wouldn't work, but mind you: ESX is a bit trickier than a simple windows machine to setup, especially the networking part. You should be very familiar with TCP/IP and networking in general before attempting to setup a ESX machine. google is your friend!! :wink:
not sure i'm following you though, can you first clear things up a bit?
"So server 1 is DIRECTLY linked to 10.10.1.100 ethernet on the readynas over gigabit (Linked fine)" uhh? :?
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"ReadyNAS Network 1: 10.10.1.100 Network 2: 10.10.1.101"
Your nv+ only has one NIC, what do you mean by network 2?
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1. i presume you have cable running from your switch to the NAS? is this correct?
2. i presume you have connected both the ESXi servers to this switch as well?
3. can you give us the followin info:
device - IP - subnet - hostname
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- NAS: - 10.10.1.? - /24(=255.255.255.0) - NASBOX01
- ESXi 1 - 10.10.1.? - /24 ESXserver01
- ESXi 2 - 10.10.1.? - /24 ESXserver02
Make sure that the nas has a correct IP setup.
Once you can connect to the NAS from a simple windows machine, setup the NFS folder as in the screenshots i made.
Next step is to provide both ESX machines with a unique(!!!) IP address.
Once you can VMKping your NAS from both ESX machine's you're good to go, and setup the NFS mount points on those servers.
good luck!
Good news, there's no reason this wouldn't work, but mind you: ESX is a bit trickier than a simple windows machine to setup, especially the networking part. You should be very familiar with TCP/IP and networking in general before attempting to setup a ESX machine. google is your friend!! :wink:
not sure i'm following you though, can you first clear things up a bit?
"So server 1 is DIRECTLY linked to 10.10.1.100 ethernet on the readynas over gigabit (Linked fine)" uhh? :?
...
"ReadyNAS Network 1: 10.10.1.100 Network 2: 10.10.1.101"
Your nv+ only has one NIC, what do you mean by network 2?
...
1. i presume you have cable running from your switch to the NAS? is this correct?
2. i presume you have connected both the ESXi servers to this switch as well?
3. can you give us the followin info:
device - IP - subnet - hostname
--------------------------------------------------
- NAS: - 10.10.1.? - /24(=255.255.255.0) - NASBOX01
- ESXi 1 - 10.10.1.? - /24 ESXserver01
- ESXi 2 - 10.10.1.? - /24 ESXserver02
Make sure that the nas has a correct IP setup.
Once you can connect to the NAS from a simple windows machine, setup the NFS folder as in the screenshots i made.
Next step is to provide both ESX machines with a unique(!!!) IP address.
Once you can VMKping your NAS from both ESX machine's you're good to go, and setup the NFS mount points on those servers.
good luck!
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