Bind NFS to VMkernel

[J R]

Does ESXi 7 allow for binding NFS IP to a specific vmkernel by adding:

/etc/vmware/config

nfs.clientBindIP = "IP"

[Duncan Epping]

You do it through portbinding: https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vsphere/vsphere/8-0/vsphere-storage-8-0/working-with-datastores-in-vsphere-storage-environment/nfs-datastore-concepts-and-operations-in-vsphere-environment/configuring-the-nfs-datastore.html#GUID-8FBEABCF-D13F-41C6-AF4E-4A8B8C1EE033-en_GUID-9BA191EF-273D-42A5-83DC-B7942B0D76FF-en

[J R]

I tried this but it did not work, and it looks like it only works in ESXi
8.x.

Both the NFS vmkernel and the ISCI vmkernel are on the same subnet and it
looks like the NFS server only sees the iscsi vmk and not the NFS. Could
not make it work even with a static address. Is there a way to make it
work by any other work arounds?

[J R]

Hello,

Port binding did not work since it was introduced in V8.  Our hosts are currently running version 7.x.

"

Configure VMkernel Binding for NFS Datastore

VMkernel port binding for the NFS datastore on an

ESXi

host allows you to bind an NFS volume to a specific VMkernel adapter to connect to an NFS server. With NFS datastores, you can isolate NFS traffic to a specific VMkernel adapter. To route the traffic to this adapter, connect the datastore to the adapter."

[J R]

I did tried this but it did not work.  The NAS was still seeing the ISCSI's vmkernel's IP and not the nfs' vmkernel that was setup.