NFS Storage Configuration for vSphere using Windows 2008

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Information

Title: 

NFS Storage Configuration for vSphere using Windows 2008

Author(s): 

Xtravirt (Paul Wood)

Target Audience: 

Technical - Intermediate

First Published: 

21 June 2010

Products: 

Microsoft Windows 2008, VMware vSphere

UID: 

XD10254

Tried Openfiler for your 'VI in a Box' solution? Why not use Windows 2008 NFS shares as a datastore for your ESX host.

Tried Openfiler for your 'VI in a Box' solution? Why not use Windows 2008 NFS shares as a datastore for your ESX host.

Overview

Windows 2008 introduced the ability to use NFS shares, enabling the server to be used as a storage target. 

This Xtravirt white paper is a step by step guide of the process to setup and host NFS shares on a Windows 2008 server and connection to an ESXi 4 host. This can be used with a VI in a Box solution.

The scenario described assumes that this is being setup on a single server which includes Domain Controller functions.  It is designed for personal testing only and not an advocation as a production solution.

Key Concepts:

• Install and configuration of Service for Network File System
• Install and configuration of Identity Management for UNIX
• Adding NFS storage to an ESX host