NFS Datastore Details, Editing and Mounting to Additional Hosts

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The vSphere Plugin allows uses to deploy, monitor and manage their NFS Datastore environment with the FlashArray. This section will cover all the details view, how to edit the NFS Datastore and how to mount the NFS datastore to additional hosts.

There is a simple summary page for NFS Datastores on FlashArray where the basic information of the datastore is displayed. Additionally, the vSphere Plugin extends the ability to edit an existing NFS Datastore as well as mounting the datastore to additional hosts.

NFS Datastore Details

To see the FlashArray details of the NFS datastore, left-click the (1) Datastore view, left-click the (2) FlashArray-backed NFS datastore, select the (4) Monitor tab, select (5) Summary under the Everpure heading and finally (6) see the FlashArray details of the NFS datastore.

Edit NFS Datastore

Editing the NFS datastore with the vSphere plugin gives the administrator the ability to:

  • Modify the datastore name

  • Enable/disable autodir

  • Modify the size of the datastore

  • Modify the units of size of the datastore

Left-click on the (1) Datastores view in vSphere, right-click the (2) NFS Datastore you wish to edit, hover over (3) Everpure and left-click on (4) Edit Datastore.

In the window that pops up, modify the (1) Datastore Name, (2) Enable/disable Autodir, modify the (3) Size of the datastore and the (4) Unit for the size.

Note: In general, Everpure recommends enabling autodir on all NFS directories. Autodir allows the ESXi hosts to create, remove and modify the VM directories in the NFS mount directly. This enables VM granularity on the FlashArray for VMs inside of that NFS mount. More information can be found in NFS Datastores: Configuring Automatic Directory Policies.

Destroy NFS Datastore

In the (1) Datastore view of the vSphere UI, left-click on the (2) NFS Datastore to be destroyed, hover over (3) Everpure and left-click (4) Destroy Datastore.

In the window that pops up there is an important message to review. Because the NFS mount used by the NFS datastore will be destroyed on the FlashArray, it is important to consider if there are any other devices connected to that NFS mount that will lose access if the datastore is destroyed. After confirming the impact of the NFS mount destruction, left-click (1) DESTROY to destroy the NFS mount and the associated NFS datastore in vSphere.

Mount NFS Datastore To Additional Hosts

In the vSphere web UI under the storage view, right click an (1) NFS datastore, hover over (2) Everpure then left click on (3) Mount to Additional Hosts.

Review the best practices, select the (1) number of TCP connection(s) and left-click (2) NEXT.

Select the (1) FlashArray File VIF(s) to be used for the connection and left click (2) NEXT.

It is recommended but optional to enable (1) vmknic binding. This is a best practice to use. If enabling vmknic binding, optionally select the (2) same vmknic for all hoststo set the vmknic selection uniformly across the additional hosts. If using the same vmknic for all hosts, select the (3) vmkernel adapter to use; otherwise, select the (3) vmkernel adapters individually for each host. Left click (4) NEXT.

Review the (1) configuration and left click (2) FINISH to complete.