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  • 1.  How to introduce shared storage via iSCSI connection

    Posted Apr 24, 2015 06:34 PM

    I have been running in a 2 node setup utilizing vSphere Replication from one node to the other.  I just installed a Dell FS12-TY filled with drives and memory.  I would like to move the vm machines to this server leaving the hosts on the node they currently reside.  I would also like to utilize HA as a result.  Can someone point me in the right direction to configure this setup?

    So far I have added the FS12 to the datacenter and cluster and vCenter see the new server even registers the datastore.  However when I attempt to migrate or move the vm it just see's it's local datastore and not any of the other hosts.  Primarily I would need to establish an iSCSI connection via esxi - not using any 3rd party software.  Any help would be greatly appreciated, even if it was just a like to some documentation.  I have some fears about my current setup and do not want to break anything moving forward/migrating.  Thank you!



  • 2.  RE: How to introduce shared storage via iSCSI connection

    Posted Apr 24, 2015 08:27 PM

    Do you have any kind of device that provides shared storage for your ESXi hosts ? Something like a NAS server or iSCSI target ? Without a shared storage you will not able to use HA functionality of VMware,



  • 3.  RE: How to introduce shared storage via iSCSI connection

    Posted Apr 24, 2015 08:47 PM

    The FS12 is what I would like to use as the shared storage.  I currently have ESXi 5.5 installed on it.  Is that built into the ESXi software?  Is there a 3rd party software that you would recommend?



  • 4.  RE: How to introduce shared storage via iSCSI connection

    Posted Apr 24, 2015 08:53 PM
    Is that built into the ESXi software?  Is there a 3rd party software that you would recommend?

    No. You may will need another VMware product called VSAN to provide ESXi local disks as shared storage, but you will need at least three hosts with SSD/HDD capacity and some another requirements... but you can use some 3rd party software like Openfile or FreeNAS that can run like a appliance inside this ESXi and provide the local disk capacity as iSCSI and/or NFS, but take in mind that this host/appliance will be the single point of failure.