Unable to add NAS Datastore

[dhananjayh]

Hi I am getting below errors while adding NAS Datastore to ESX server.

#esxcfg-nas -a -o 10.209.87.164 -s /sharedvol SVS

Connecting to NAS volume: SVS

Unable to connect to NAS volume SVS: NFS Error: Unable to Mount filesystem: Unable to connect to NFS server

however I am able to ping,coonect to NFS server

# esxcfg-vmknic -l

Interface Port Group/DVPort IP Family IP Address Netmask Broadcast MAC Address MTU TSO MSS Enabled Type

vmk0 VMkernel IPv4 10.209.87.164 255.255.252.0 10.209.87.255 00:50:56:79:08:f3 1500 65535 true STATIC

# vmkping 10.209.87.164

PING 10.209.87.164 (10.209.87.164): 56 data bytes

64 bytes from 10.209.87.164: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.082 ms

--- 10.209.87.164 ping statistics ---

1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss

round-trip min/avg/max = 0.082/0.082/0.082 ms

# rpcinfo -p 10.209.87.164

program vers proto port

100000 2 tcp 111 portmapper

100000 2 udp 111 portmapper

100011 1 udp 873 rquotad

100011 2 udp 873 rquotad

100011 1 tcp 876 rquotad

100011 2 tcp 876 rquotad

100003 2 udp 2049 nfs

100003 3 udp 2049 nfs

100021 1 udp 56245 nlockmgr

100021 3 udp 56245 nlockmgr

100021 4 udp 56245 nlockmgr

100003 2 tcp 2049 nfs

100003 3 tcp 2049 nfs

100021 1 tcp 51923 nlockmgr

100021 3 tcp 51923 nlockmgr

100021 4 tcp 51923 nlockmgr

100005 1 udp 771 mountd

100005 1 tcp 774 mountd

100005 2 udp 771 mountd

100005 2 tcp 774 mountd

100005 3 udp 771 mountd

100005 3 tcp 774 mountd

100024 1 udp 785 status

100024 1 tcp 788 status

Please help me.

[AWo]

Welcome to the forums!

ESX or ESXi, which major version?

Have you opened the firewall for NFS?

AWo

VCP 3 & 4

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[Texiwill]

Hello,

Moved to the vSphere Storage Forum.

However can you 'vmkping' the NFS server. Remember that on ESX, NFS makes use of a vmkernel device not the service console device.

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[dhananjayh]

Hi All,

Thanks for the help on this.

My ESX version was 4.0 & datastore was Virtual Store from Symantec.

But I have two ESX in my Vcenter & on one ESX I have added Datastore but it failing on second

Also Firewall is configured to accept & out for all ports.

vmkping work properly with NFS server but still failes

[AWo]

Can you get any logs from your NAS box showing something?

Is the second ESX server authorized to use the NFS export on the NAS box?

AWo

VCP 3 & 4

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