1. Install NFS from Add
Roles and Features:
2. Add a disk
3. Format the Disk
4. Create a folder on
the Drive
5. Right click and go
to NFS Sharing
6. Click Manage NFS
Sharing
7. Enable “Share
the Folder”
7. Set the permissions
to Read/Write
Check the Allow root
access checkbox.
8. Next in vCenter
right click on the ESXi Host > Storage > New Datastore:
9. Select NFS – Use the
same version NFS as existing infrastructure.
Version 4.1 has
support for Multi-pathing, Kerberos and file locking controls.
10. Next specify the
folder that was created and shared (It was called NFS-Mount in this example):
11. This Share, as the
VMKernal Adapters are already set up can be added to ESXi-2 simply by right
clicking the Datastore and selecting “Mount Datastore to other Host”.
Now both ESXi Hosts
have access to this store, migrating a VM thatÂ’s hosted on that datastore would
be easy.