tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13891259.post6597521006213192584..comments2023-09-11T11:38:39.923+02:00Comments on Verbeiren's Blogspot: ESX 3.0 host as NAS serverUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13891259.post-89779957679237224552011-08-28T10:11:00.660+02:002011-08-28T10:11:00.660+02:00Hey Years ago VMWare released there ESXi 5.
Is th...Hey Years ago VMWare released there ESXi 5.<br /><br />Is there a solution to acitvate/install an NFS Server inside the ESXi 5?<br /><br />My idea is to get an all-in-on USB Stick with ESXi 5 and VMs without any local or network space!<br /><br />But i´m a linux noob so i can´t realize my idea.<br /><br />But maybe you can?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13891259.post-86726200576231126232009-11-07T16:37:54.515+01:002009-11-07T16:37:54.515+01:00But Service Console is based on RedHat 3, which is...But Service Console is based on RedHat 3, which is older than "ages".LatinSuDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07686760296161354134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13891259.post-90036759646579913822008-03-31T16:05:00.000+02:002008-03-31T16:05:00.000+02:00I recommend creating a big vmfs volume on local st...I recommend creating a big vmfs volume on local storage, with a big vmdk file for the disk. The performance overhead is small (see VMware whitepapers on this topic) and it gives some additional flexibility.Tonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00021366391855341729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13891259.post-75692707879206584552008-03-28T00:39:00.000+01:002008-03-28T00:39:00.000+01:00Thank you very much for your reply. The mounting L...Thank you very much for your reply. The mounting Linux box is in the same<BR/>subnet. I am using ESX 35. Anyway, for the virtual appliance suggestion, do<BR/>you present the hard drive to the v-appliance as raw device or you created a<BR/>large vmdk? Will there be a performance catch if it is a vmdk?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17680350792879033742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13891259.post-29356581604411719492008-03-27T14:57:00.000+01:002008-03-27T14:57:00.000+01:00Hi Kevin,I did not get the timeout issue you descr...Hi Kevin,<BR/><BR/>I did not get the timeout issue you described. It may have something to do with the connection with the service console (firewall, routing, ...).<BR/><BR/>Apart from that, in a recent design study a client asked me a similar question as the one in the post. This time, I proposed a different approach: running an NFS/iSCSI virtual appliance that uses local storage on the ESX with a lot of local disk space. <BR/><BR/>The main benefits of this approach are: it is a supported configuration and it avoids some 'tweaks' to the service console OS.<BR/><BR/>Open-source options for such an appliance are for instance OpenFiler and FreeNAS.Tonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00021366391855341729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13891259.post-16541450171372149422008-03-26T04:49:00.000+01:002008-03-26T04:49:00.000+01:00Hi Toni,I find you article very useful. I was able...Hi Toni,<BR/><BR/>I find you article very useful. I was able to get ESX as NAS to itself. However, I have one quick question to the nfs that is shared from the esx. I am able to create the nfs datastore in VIC but when I was trying to mount the nfs share from a Ubuntu box, I get the time out error. "mount.nfs: mount to NFS server 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx' failed: timed out, retrying". Do you experience this problem?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17680350792879033742noreply@blogger.com