Error During Configuration Of The Host Cannot Open Volume /vmfs/volumes
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your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Forums Blogs Tech OnTap Newsletter Register · Sign In · Help Products and Solutions FAS, ONTAP and OnCommand http://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/NFS-to-VMware-on-FAS2050/td-p/73707 Backup and Restore E-Series, SANtricity and Related Plug-ins Virtualization and Cloud Network Storage Protocols AutoSupport and My AutoSupport All Flash FAS, EF-Series, and SolidFire Systems FlexPod and Converged Infrastructure Developer Network NetApp University and Training Community Base Camp NetApp Community : Forums : Products and Solutions : Virtualization and Cloud cannot open : VMware Solutions Discussions : NFS to VMware on FAS2050 Subscribe Reply Topic Options Subscribe to RSS Feed Bookmark Subscribe Printer Friendly Page « Message Listing « Previous Topic Next Topic » Options Bookmark Highlight Print Email to a Friend Report Inappropriate Content sbrousse2008 NFS to VMware on FAS2050 2009-03-09 12:26 cannot open volume PM We have VI3 running NFS to a StoreVault S500. We just installed a FAS2050 and setup an export using UNIX security to VI3. VI3 is unable to connect and says the NFS server is denying the connections. Not sure where the problem is here. Any suggestions?The exact error in vmware iserror during configuration of the host, cannot open volume /vmfs/volumes 2450ce1f-a246ce8Scott Me too Reply 0 Kudos Options Bookmark Highlight Print Email to a Friend Report Inappropriate Content chriskranz Re: NFS to VMware on FAS2050 2009-03-09 03:13 PM Hi Scott,You need to set the permissions on the NFS export so that VMware has permissions to mount it.3 things you need to d/check...Check the security level on the volume (from the filerview, goto volumes -> qtrees, from the command line "qtree security"). If ths security is set to NTFS (probably likely), you want to change this to UNIX.When you change