→ Applies to: SynetoOS 4.x

Step 1. Login to SynetoOS GUI (replace <your_ip_address_or_hostname> with the correct ip/hostname)

https://<your_ip_address_or_hostname>

Step 2. Click on Datastores in the left menu

Step 3.  Click on New datastore

Step 4.  Create a New datastore and click on Create

Step 5. Connect to SynetoOS appliance via SSH as admin

ssh admin@<your_ip_address_or_hostname>

Step 6 (optional). Change into Solaris shell (in case you're directed to an unsupported shell)

un sh

Step 7. Get root privileges

sudo su -

Step 8. List datastores

zfs list

EXAMPLE OUTPUT

NAME                           USED  AVAIL  REFER  MOUNTPOINT

flash                          24.2G  13.6G  27.5K  /flash
flash/datastores               24.1G  13.6G  51.5K  /flash/datastores
hybrid/backups/xyzwi/LinuxVM   194K  18.9G    24K  /hybrid/backups/xyzwi/LinuxVM

Step 9. Share NFS (replace <datastore_path>, <IP_ESXI> and <CIDR> with the correct information)

zfs set sharenfs=rw=@<IP_ESXI>/<CIDR>,root=@<IP_ESXI>/<CIDR> <datastore_path>

EXAMPLE

zfs set sharenfs=rw=@159.149.3.94/32,root=@159.149.3.94/32,rw=@192.168.32.0/24,root=@192.168.32.0/24 flash/datastores/Demo

In sharenfs variable there must be all the IPs of the ESXi(s) with which you want to share the datastore

Step 10. Connect to VMware ESXi CLI (via SSH)

Step 11. Mount the datastore (replace <synetoOS_IP>,<datastore_path> and <datastore_name> with the correct information)

esxcli storage nfs add -H <synetoOS_IP> -s <datastore_path> -v <datastore_name>

Step 12. List the filesystem to ensure the datastore is mounted

esxcli storage filesystem list