Comments on blog.aarondelp.com: Creating VMware NFS Datastores on NetApp in 3 Easy...

Hey Pete and thank you for the comment! I agree, ...

2011-04-20T12:28:16.952-04:00

Hey Pete and thank you for the comment! I agree, this was written pre-VSC. The VSC has come a long way in making life easier.

If you have it I would use the Virtual Storage Con...

2011-04-19T16:55:04.243-04:00

If you have it I would use the Virtual Storage Console (VSC) plug in. It does all of this automagically for you regarding the permissions etc. and very fast.. :)

I love it. My biggest challenge is a naming scheme :)

"At the Read-Write Access Screen, uncheck the...

2011-02-09T11:48:41.156-05:00

"At the Read-Write Access Screen, uncheck the All Hosts box and enter the ip addresses of all the VMkernel ports for the vSphere server(s). NOTE: This is not the Service Console IP address, it is the VMkernel ip address that vSphere will use to "talk" NFS to the storage"

How do I find out what my VMkernel port(s) IP addresses are? This is the only thing I'm

Andrew - I will take a look ASAP. I was waiting o...

2010-01-14T23:24:07.271-05:00

Andrew - I will take a look ASAP. I was waiting on version 1.1 to really check it out. I was in an ONTAP 8 beta class the used that used the 1.1 release candidate and I really like it. It has some nice advancements over version 1.01.

Thanks!

I'd really recommend looking at System Manager...

2010-01-14T22:42:16.309-05:00

I'd really recommend looking at System Manager -- it's a breeze to install much less learn. I've been using it as the primary recommended administrative tool for customers for the last 6 months or so now -- comments have been positive across the board. Beyond the whole transition to an MMC style (which I was surprised that I liked), it has wizards that just take care of a ton of the

Chris - I agree and I haven't explored RCU in ...

2010-01-14T11:25:39.150-05:00

Chris - I agree and I haven't explored RCU in depth yet. I was waiting on the 3.0 version before I really dig in.

The main reason for the article is because I get questions from customers all the time that want to set this up themselves so I'm trying to save myself some work.

When RCU 3.0 is released I'll post a bunch of information on that (including the

Mike - I'm busted! I forgot that. I updated ...

2010-01-14T11:23:03.056-05:00

Mike - I'm busted! I forgot that. I updated the article to include that. Thanks!

Aaron, Nice post! But even better, how about us...

2010-01-14T11:15:37.598-05:00

Aaron,

Nice post! But even better, how about using RCU to provision NetApp datastores! Version 2.1 will perform these functions today and 3.0 will have full support for vSphere! One tool to do all the steps you listed including the vCenter work!

Chris Gebhardt
Reference Architect
NetApp

When using FilerView it doesn't set the no_ati...

2010-01-14T10:57:18.470-05:00

When using FilerView it doesn't set the no_atime_update on value I don't think does it? That is the only thing I know of thats in TR-3749 that isn't listed.

Hey Andrew! My big problem is I still don't us...

2010-01-13T22:50:33.472-05:00

Hey Andrew! My big problem is I still don't use System Manager all that much.

I guess most of the time I am doing installs on-site and FilerView is already sitting there ready to go.

Plus, if I use System Manager then I have to teach a customer another tool.

I would probably use System Manager a lot more if I actually managed systems long term instead of going

Fantastic instructions! Having said that, I almost...

2010-01-13T22:31:04.720-05:00

Fantastic instructions! Having said that, I almost hate to point out that there's a beautiful wizard in System Manager for this -- have you used it by any chance?