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VMwareReady123
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‎10-09-2011 10:02 PM

Error: unable to access file <datastore> <file>

Hi,

We are doing ESXi5.0 server certification. for testing vMotion capability , we add storage to ESXi host via NFS . but while creating Virtual Machine in the Shared Storage from vCenter Server it it getting an error shown below .

Error: unable to access file <datastore> <file>

I also copied .vmdk file in the shared storage , but that fvirtual machine is not visible in datastore from vSphere Client.

i am attaching as screen shot. Couls any one help me How to create virtual machine in the shared storage???

Regards,

Raghavendrachnari

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VMwareReady123
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‎10-09-2011 10:03 PM

sorry for missing attachment.

i upload attachment here

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rajvm256
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‎10-10-2011 02:19 AM

Probably the NFS share is not having read/write access. You can import a rw nfs share and then try it.

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ThomasTapfumane
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‎10-10-2011 07:07 AM

This is definitely being caused on the NFS side. If read/write access is enabled under your NFS options also try mapping the root user with the following directive in your /etc/exports

-maproot=root:

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