I guess I could be wrong if I assume that your SAN doesn't support NFS, so I suggest you to provision new lun, and export the volume via NFSv3
What type of fcSAN are you using? Dell? HP? On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Musayev, Ilya <[email protected]> wrote: > Presently, secondary datastore is only supported as NFS (and not VMFS) - > primary can be VMFS. > > You can use the remaining space on secondary datastore, but you will need > to present the VMFS space as NFS - which in simplest terms mean install a > linux instance on that datastore, allocate desired amount of space and make > it the NFS server. > > If this is proof-of-concept type of work, then I would use the same VM as > CloudStack Management as well NFS - all on one type of setup. > > Regards > ilya > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Chitra Manjunath [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 12:39 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Storage > > > > Hi All, > > > > I have a fcsan lun have been used by an exist VMware vSphere 5.1 > platform > > as a datastore, and there are lots of available space in this datastore, > so I > > want to use these space and make it as secondary storage. > > > > Will the Cloudstack permit to use an existing space on the Vmware > > datacenter for storage if yes, How to give the size for the secondary > storage > > or it will take the default free space? > > > > Using local storage for primary storage. > > > > Please suggest on this > > It's very urgent. > > > > Thanks & Regards > > Chitra.M > > > > > > **************** CAUTION - Disclaimer ***************** This e-mail > > contains PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended solely for > > the use of the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, > please > > notify the sender by e-mail and delete the original message. Further, > you are > > not to copy, disclose, or distribute this e-mail or its contents to any > other > > person and any such actions are unlawful. This e-mail may contain > viruses. > > Infosys has taken every reasonable precaution to minimize this risk, but > is > > not liable for any damage you may sustain as a result of any virus in > this e- > > mail. You should carry out your own virus checks before opening the > e-mail > > or attachment. Infosys reserves the right to monitor and review the > content > > of all messages sent to or from this e-mail address. Messages sent to or > from > > this e-mail address may be stored on the Infosys e-mail system. > > ***INFOSYS******** End of Disclaimer ********INFOSYS*** > >
