Unable to mount NFS on Qnap

[SommyJo]

There is a ESXi Server 6.7 (free) and a QNap TS-212P with a shared folder and NFS protocol.

I need to mount this as a new Datastore for the backup.

From a Ubuntu VM I am able to mount the folder, but not from ESXi Web Client.

Also I unable to ping the NAS, the phisical NICs IP address, the router, Google, ...

I tried both the ping and vmkping commands (always 100% packet loss).

Thanks in advance.

[sk84]

Do you have configured a vmkernel port for the NFS network?

Mount an NFS Datastore in the VMware Host Client

Add a VMkernel Network Adapter in the VMware Host Client

[ThompsG]

Hi there,

Can you confirm the following as well:

1. You have set the permissions to “NFS host access” in the QNAP?
2. Access rights set to no limit?
3. and if you have the option for “Squash option” that it is set to NO_ROOT_SQUASH

Kind regards.

[SommyJo]

ThompsG​

Yes, it's all OK.

sk84​

There is only vmk0 associated to the IP address of the server ESXi

Portgroup = Management Network

TCP/IP Stack = Default TCP/IP Stack
Services = Management

In these days I read again "vsphere-esxi-67-installation-setup-guide" and "vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-67-networking-guide".

Maybe I was superficial, but I didn't find any explanations for what is happening.

Now I created an ESXi Server in my VMWare Workstation to do tests without compromising the ESXi Server in production.

I wouldn't block it by creating and configuring vmKernel Ports.

Do you have any suggestions?

[SommyJo]

I have created a VMKernel for each vSwitch and now I can ping every device in the LAN and every VM.

I can also finally mount the NAS.

But from the console still I can't ping google.com or 8.8.8.8.

I can ping the router's LAN port (192.168.1.1), but I don't go beyond the router.

[ThompsG]

Hi there,

Have you set a default gateway for the Management Network? Also you will need to configure DNS lookups in order to resolve FQDN's. Try a NSLOOKUP from the console and see if you are getting DNS resolution.

Kind regards.

[malickware]

If you are trying to ping google.com from the esxi console/ssh connection you need to have a routable gateway configured,

esxcfg-route -l will tell you the routing table.If you have your default gateway set the esxi will send the packet to that hop.