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Asked: 2020-04-15 19:43:53 +0800 CST

Accessing files from a multiple datastores on a VSAN in VMware

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I have a VMware 6.7 environment running as a single datacenter, however with two clusters (say A-cluster and a B-cluster), each with 3 esxi hosts. A VSAN is configured on these clusters and has two VSAN datastrores (A-datastore and B-datastore) for A-cluster and B-cluster respectively.

Now, I have a iso file in the A-datastore and I'm trying to deploy a VM in B-cluster and in the process of deploying, I would like to mount the iso file present in the A-datastore. When I try to attach the CD/DVD and choose "Datastore ISO File" option, I only get to browse the B-datastore, but not the A-datastore.

Is this even possible?

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1 Answers

  1. The Virtual SAN datastores are ONLY presented to the hosts that are members of a particular cluster. But you can implement Content Library and store there all templates/iso/ etc.

    Here is a detailed guide, how to create it - https://www.starwindsoftware.com/blog/working-with-content-libraries-in-vsphere-6-5

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