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4 Enter the datastore parameters.
Option Description
Datastore name The system enforces a 42 character limit for the datastore name.
Folder The mount point folder name
Server The server name or IP address. You can use IPv6 or IPv4 formats.
With NFS 4.1, you can add multiple IP addresses or server names if the NFS
server supports trunking. The ESXi host uses these values to achieve
multipathing to the NFS server mount point.
5 Select Mount NFS read only if the volume is exported as read-only by the NFS server.
6 To use Kerberos security with NFS 4.1, enable Kerberos and select an appropriate Kerberos model.
Option Description
Use Kerberos for authentication only
(krb5)
Supports identity verification
Use Kerberos for authentication and
data integrity (krb5i)
In addition to identity verification, provides data integrity services. These services
help to protect the NFS traffic from tampering by checking data packets for any
potential modifications.
If you do not enable Kerberos, the datastore uses the default AUTH_SYS security.
7 If you are creating a datastore at the data center or cluster level, select hosts that mount the
datastore.
8 Review the configuration options and click Finish.
Create a Virtual Volumes Datastore
You use the New Datastore wizard to create a Virtual Volumes datastore.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client object navigator, browse to a host, a cluster, or a data center.
2 From the right-click menu, select Storage > New Datastore.
3 Select VVol as the datastore type.
4 Enter the datastore name and select a backing storage container from the list of storage containers.
Make sure to use the name that does not duplicate another datastore name in your data center
environment.
If you mount the same Virtual Volumes datastore to several hosts, the name of the datastore must be
consistent across all hosts.
5 Select the hosts that require access to the datastore.
6 Review the configuration options and click Finish.
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