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Was this esx server connected to this nfs storage before?
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Was this esx server connected to this nfs storage before?

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no this is a brand new install <br />
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thanks!!!!!
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no this is a brand new install


thanks!!!!!

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ok <br />
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thanks !!<br />
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&nbsp;can you confirm that i have to use a separate subnet for the VMK for management and a separate subnet for the storage traffic ?
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ok

thanks !!

 can you confirm that i have to use a separate subnet for the VMK for management and a separate subnet for the storage traffic ?

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you don't have to but it's best practice and you don't want unencrypted nfs traffic on your production network as anyone would be able to attach to your datastores.
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you don't have to but it's best practice and you don't want unencrypted nfs traffic on your production network as anyone would be able to attach to your datastores.

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perfect , we will put it on another subnet <br />
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thanks
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perfect , we will put it on another subnet

thanks

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I am getting this error when attempting to connect from my ESX 5.1 to my netapp , I am using a standard switch and NFS <br />
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Call &quot;HostDatastoreSystem.Creat<wbr />eNasDatast<wbr />ore&quot; for object &quot;ha-datastoresystem&quot; on ESXi X.X.x.232&quot; failed.<br />
NFS mount x.x.x.117:/vol/NFS_Storage<wbr /> failed: Unable to connect to NFS server.<br />
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what would then best log to look at for more info?<br />
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thanks !!!
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I am getting this error when attempting to connect from my ESX 5.1 to my netapp , I am using a standard switch and NFS 



Call "HostDatastoreSystem.CreateNasDatastore" for object "ha-datastoresystem" on ESXi X.X.x.232" failed.
NFS mount x.x.x.117:/vol/NFS_Storage failed: Unable to connect to NFS server.

what would then best log to look at for more info?

thanks !!!

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