→ Applies to: SynetoOS 4.x

Via GUI

Step 1. Login to SynetoOS GUI

Step 2. Click on Datastores in the left menu

Step 3. Click on New datastore in the top menu

Step 4. Configure the parameters and click the button Create

• Database: for VMs running database servers. The datastore will be configured with a block size of 4 KB.
• Application server: for VMs running application servers (e.g. email server), workstations, or virtual desktops. The datastore will be configured with a block size of 128 KB.
• File storage: for VMs providing file storage. The dataset will be configured with a block size of 1MB.

Via CLI

Step 1. Connect to SynetoOS appliance via SSH as admin

ssh admin@<your_ip_address_or_hostname>

Step 2. Remove bash_profile

rm ~admin/.bash_profile

After running the command, you need to perform logout and login again.

Step 3. Become Super User

sudo su -

Step 4. Create a empty datastore (replace <pool_name> and <datastore_name> with the correct information)

zfs create <pool_name>/datastores/<datastore_name>

EXAMPLE

zfs create hybrid/datastores/VM1