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Create a Cluster, and enable DRS.<br />
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You do have a Cluster and at least two hosts ?
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So there is no software or plugins needed for a freenas or windows machine to be seen by a DRS cluster.
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None.<br />
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It's a tick box on the Cluster in vCenter Server.<br />
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DRS is a function of a vSphere Cluster.<br />
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Is this what you understand it to be ?<br />
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Freenas just provides - storage.<br />
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I'm not sure what you are trying to do....<br />
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You have a Windows Server with 12TB ?<br />
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You have a FreeNAS server ?<br />
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Where are your ESXi hosts ?
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This is what I get w<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2019/01_w04/1410352/pic4.JPG" target="_blank" title="pic4.JPG (84 KB)"><img alt="pic4.JPG" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 800px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2019/01_w04/800_1410352/pic4.JPG" /></a><a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2019/01_w04/1410353/cap5.JPG" target="_blank" title="cap5.JPG (29 KB)"><img alt="cap5.JPG" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 475px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2019/01_w04/1410353/cap5.JPG" /></a><br />
This is what I receive when adding a DRS storage host to vcenter. Your help is greatly appreciated.<br />
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ok I think I &nbsp;got it and at first was confused with the terminology so here is what I plan to do.<br />
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I am going to bring another server and do the following<br />
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VMware host1<br />
ISCSI LUN 100 on storageserver1<br />
ISCSI LUN 100 on storageserver2<br />
ISCSI LUN 100 ON storageserver3<br />
ISCSI LUN 200 ON storageserver1<br />
ISCSI LUN 200 ON storageserver2<br />
ISCSI LUN 200 ON storageserver3<br />
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VMware host2<br />
ISCSI LUN 100 on storageserver1<br />
ISCSI LUN 100 on storageserver2<br />
ISCSI LUN 100 ON storageserver3<br />
ISCSI LUN 200 ON storageserver1<br />
ISCSI LUN 200 ON storageserver2<br />
ISCSI LUN 200 ON storageserver3<br />
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VMware host3<br />
ISCSI LUN 100 on storage server1<br />
ISCSI LUN 100 on storageserver2<br />
ISCSI LUN 100 ON storageserver3<br />
ISCSI LUN 200 ON storageserver1<br />
ISCSI LUN 200 ON storageserver2<br />
ISCSI LUN 200 ON storageserver3
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I am setting up a test lab and trying to emulate a bunch of storage array with freenas. What I have done is setup a windows machine with a large volume 12TB. I have presented this volume to freenas in 3TB chunks for each virtual machine. So essentially I have<br />
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Storagesrv1<br />
Storagesrv2<br />
Storag3srv3<br />
Storagesrv4<br />
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How do I get vmware vcenter 6.5 specifically DRS to see these as &nbsp;DRS hosts.and add them
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I am setting up a test lab and trying to emulate a bunch of storage array with freenas. What I have done is setup a windows machine with a large volume 12TB. I have presented this volume to freenas in 3TB chunks for each virtual machine. So essentially I have

Storagesrv1
Storagesrv2
Storag3srv3
Storagesrv4

How do I get vmware vcenter 6.5 specifically DRS to see these as  DRS hosts.and add them

Test lab vmware DRS

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