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Asked: 2011-01-22 09:39:04 +0800 CST

How to add Synology NFS share to ESXi?

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I have created an nfs share on a synology NAS. I want to add the share to an ESXi host, but without success.

Configuration of the nfs share:

I inserted the IP of the ESXi host, allowed read/write and tried all 3 root_squash values (not assigned, guest and admin)

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Adding the share to ESXi:

I inserted the IP of the NAS, the name of the nfs share (I tried both /vms and vms without slash)

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This is the error message on the ESXi client:

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nfs network-attached-storage vmware-esxi synology

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    As far as where you would find the folder path (/volume1/vms), its at the bottom of the NFS Privledges window in DSM.

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  2. I activated ssh access on the NAS. It offers a simple busybox shell. I could see a folder "volume1" in the root folder of the filesystem and in it there was my shared directory vms

    So I repeated to add the share to ESXi, this time I insrted /volume1/vms as Folder (second field below the IP) and it worked.

    If someone can tell me how I could have found this path from the synology interface I would accept that answer.

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