"HostDatastoreSystem.CreateNasDatastore"

Have you changed any permissions of configuration on the NAS, this error is usually because NFS is not enabled, or you are using the incorrect mount/share name.

ah, okay, you've mounted this once before but it's greyed out, this sometimes can happen, unmount the old datastore name, and try remounting again.

Hi,

Nothing had been changed Im been using this nas just as a share drive for vDR. im using the same name im have used..

Thanks

See my second post. Check Inventory Datastores, have you removed the old grayed out mounted NFS datastore?

Does the old one still exist?

I have unmounted it long back when i was trying to fix this issue. Now there is no such drive or name in the datastores ..

But when I add I still get this error

"Create NAS datastore An error occurred during host configuration."

Thanks

okay, we will need to check the vmkernel logs, no changes on either NAS or ESX server, not changed any vSwitches,  VMKernel port, Turned on Firewall?

No changes at all. This just happen yesterday during the night. :(

How do i get the vmkernel logs please..

Thanks

you got vCenter?

Click Export System Logs?

Yea.. Ok i will do it.. After what should I do ?

if you look through the vmkernel log, you'll see something like...

May  3 10:56:13 vmkernel: 4:19:06:07.879 cpu10:804820)NFS: 149: Command: (mount) Server: (nfsserver) IP: (172.16.xxx.yyy) Path: (datastore29) Label: (datastore29) Options: (None)
May  3 10:56:13 vmkernel: 4:19:06:07.881 cpu7:4103)WARNING: NFS: 213: Got error 13 from mount call
May  3 10:56:13 vmkernel: 4:19:06:07.881 cpu11:804820)WARNING: NFS: 959: MOUNT failed with MOUNT status 13 (Permission denied) trying to mount Server (nfsserver) Path (datastore29)
May  3 10:56:13 vmkernel: 4:19:06:07.881 cpu11:804820)NFS: 171: NFS mount nfsserver:datastore29 status: The mount request was denied by the NFS server. Check that the export exists and that the client is permitted to mount it

post those bits here, and lets see what's going on....this will tell us why, we are getting a permission denied.

Hi hanccocka,

Im generating the logs...

Meanwhile when I went to Home - Inventory - Storage - Datastores i can see the NFS datastore greyed out still and (inactive). How do i permanently remove it ?

Ah, okay.

This could be the reason, are you trying to add the datastore with the same name as before?

I removed it now .. one of the esx server had it in its storage. So now its gone for good (ithink). I changed many names to to add as a NFS share name. still same error

if you check the Inventory datastores, you'll see if it's still there.

upload the logs, when you are ready, another thing you can quickly do if you have access to the console, is try a vmkping <nas ip address> and see if it responds.

Sorry can you explain what path can i find this log you are specific about.. Im using esxi 4.1

did you use export system logs from vcenter or \var\logs

vmkernel

i exported from vcenter

the path on your workstation?

I found these logs :


May 14 21:52:40 vmkernel: 0:03:31:45.128 cpu5:8154)Vol3: 1604: Could not open device 'naa.60022190c5f43500115b9ca804570cda:8' for probing: Permission denied
May 14 21:52:40 vmkernel: 0:03:31:45.130 cpu5:8154)Vol3: 644: Could not open device 'naa.60022190c5f43500115b9ca804570cda:8' for volume open: Permission denied
May 14 21:52:40 vmkernel: 0:03:31:45.133 cpu5:8154)Vol3: 1604: Could not open device 'naa.60022190c5f43500115b9ca804570cda:5' for probing: Permission denied
May 14 21:52:40 vmkernel: 0:03:31:45.135 cpu5:8154)Vol3: 644: Could not open device 'naa.60022190c5f43500115b9ca804570cda:5' for volume open: Permission denied
May 14 21:52:40 vmkernel: 0:03:31:45.139 cpu5:8154)Vol3: 1604: Could not open device 'naa.60022190c5f43500115b9ca804570cda:6' for probing: Permission denied
May 14 21:52:40 vmkernel: 0:03:31:45.141 cpu5:8154)Vol3: 644: Could not open device 'naa.60022190c5f43500115b9ca804570cda:6' for volume open: Permission denied
May 14 21:52:40 Hostd: [2011-05-14 21:52:40.259 647D8B90 verbose 'Hostsvc::DatastoreSystem'] VmfsUpdate: got VMFS message [N11HostdCommon18VmkernelUpdateVmfsE:0x646d97b0] timestamp=12705569808 specific=0 name= label=

Hi hancoccka.

I got the fix from this form : http://communities.vmware.com/message/1594676

I changed my Static IP to DHCP and the dns was updated and im not able to get access to the nfs store.

Thanks a lot for you help to resolve it. you where every helpful

Cheers

glad its working

Thanks dude