Showing posts with label NFS Server. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NFS Server. Show all posts

2013/01/20

WS2012 Storage - NFS Server - Configure NFS for VMware vSphere 5.1 Home Lab


The following procedure show how to setup a NFS Server hosted on Windows Server 2012 for backend storage of my VMware vSphere Server 5.1 Home Lab.

You can also check my post on Creating an iSCSI Target Server on Windows Server 2012.





Overview

In the following post I will talk about the following points:
  • Terminology
  • Using PowerShell
    • Add the Role NFS Server Feature on Microsoft Windows Server 2012
    • Create the Share and Set the NFS permissions
    • Add the NFS datastore to VMware vSphere 5.1
  • Using the GUI (Graphical User Interface)
    • Add the Role NFS Server Feature on Microsoft Windows Server 2012
    • Create the Share and Set the NFS permissions
    • Add the NFS datastore to VMware vSphere 5.1


NFS Storage

Quick overview of my NFS Service architecture in my Home Lab