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Mount azure storage to esxi
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Harcourt, Jeremy
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I"m working on storage through azure portal. I'd like to mount to esxi when asking for server and file share path i'm a little lost where find that information to plug in.
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Sumarigo-MSFT 47,196 Reputation points Microsoft Employee2021-08-05T09:33:13.133+00:00 @Harcourt, Jeremy May I know what exactly are you trying mount(Azure Blob, Table storage)? Can you please explain bit more on the issue? If you are getting any error message,, Share the screenshot?
You can refer to this article which provides information on Azure VMware Solution storage concepts
Azure Storage Integration: You can use Azure storage services in workloads running in your private cloud. The Azure storage services include Storage Accounts, Table Storage, and Blob Storage. The connection of workloads to Azure storage services doesn't traverse the internet. This connectivity provides more security and enables you to use SLA-based Azure storage services in your private cloud workloads.
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Harcourt, Jeremy 21 Reputation points
2021-08-06T00:07:47.173+00:00 It's azure blob if I'm not mistaking I'll double check that tomorrow and provide some screenshots. When i go to mount the nfs share drive its ask for NFS share and NFS server. I know the share and the name but the server part i'm little confuse on.
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Sumarigo-MSFT 47,196 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2021-08-23T15:42:25.447+00:00 @Harcourt, Jeremy Firstly, apologies for the delay in responding here and any inconvenience this issue may have caused.
Blob storage now supports the Network File System (NFS) 3.0 protocol. This support provides Linux file system compatibility at object storage scale and prices and enables Linux clients to mount a container in Blob storage from an Azure Virtual Machine (VM) or a computer on-premises.
This article will explain and provide detailed information how to mount NFS on Blob Storage: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/network-file-system-protocol-support
Mount Blob storage by using the Network File System (NFS) 3.0 protocol
Using NFS with Azure Blob Storage
Additional information: How to mount NFS files share on Azure Files
Hope this helps!
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Devaraj G 2,096 Reputation points2021-09-16T07:02:38.067+00:00 Hi, Have you mounted the blob as NFS datastore in ESXI ?
I don't think its straight forward to add NFS with GUI due to ESXI limitations. You need try adding the NFS blob from esxi ssh console.something like below :
esxcli storage nfs add -H NFS_IP|NFS_HOSTNAME -s Share_mount_point_on_the_NFS -v DatastoreName
you need to replace the above command with right storage account detail and give a try. refer the below article for more details on general azure NFS mount on linux machine.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/network-file-system-protocol-support-how-to
I haven't tried myself , but its more about a workaround. there is no direct documentation available for blob nfs mount on esxi.