VMware Cookbook by Ryan Troy & Matthew Helmke

Author:Ryan Troy & Matthew Helmke [Ryan Troy and Matthew Helmke]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: COMPUTERS / Systems Architecture / Distributed Systems & Computing
ISBN: 9781449314460
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Published: 2012-06-11T16:00:00+00:00

5.25. Managing NFS Mounts

Problem

You want to manage the remote storage mounted over NFS.

Solution

Run the esxcli storage nfs command on the ESXI server.

Discussion

Using this tool, you can list, mount, and unmount NFS exports from the VMkernel.

Let’s take a look at the options available for the esxcli storage nfs command:

~ # esxcli storage nfs Usage: esxcli storage nfs {cmd} [cmd options] Available Commands: add Add a new NAS volume to the ESXi Host and mount it with the given volume name list List the NAS volumes currently known to the ESXi host remove Remove an existing NAS volume from the ESXi host

The list option displays the current NFS mounts on your ESXI server:

~ # esxcli storage nfs list NFSMOUNT01 is /NFS from 172.20.44.100 mounted

One of the most important requirements of NAS and software-based iSCSI is that you need to have a VMkernel port configured on the ESX Server’s network. Assuming the VMkernel port is already configured, you can add a new mount as follows:

$ esxcli storage nfs add -H 172.20.44.101 -s /nfs02 -v NFSMOUNT02 Connecting to NAS volume: NFSMOUNT02 NFSMOUNT02 created and connected.

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