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  • How to Connect Openfiler iSCSI Storage ESXi 7

    How to Connect Openfiler iSCSI Storage ESXi 7

    Openfiler iSCSI Storage ESXi 7, In this article I am going to connect Openfiler to VMware ESXi 7 Host as iscsi storage using VMware ESXi host.

    Connect Openfiler ad iSCSI storage to ESXi 7 Host

    How to Install Openfiler click here

    Configure Openfiler as iSCSI shared storage Click here

    1- Open web browser, type your ESXi host name or IP Address, type username and password and click log in.

    vmware esxi login

    VMware ESXi 7 Host

    2- After login ESXi host, Select Network options, select Virtual switches tab and click Add standard virtual switch.

    esxi 7 host login networking

    3- Type a vSwitch name, select your network adapter uplink and click the add button.

    esxi 7 add standard virtual switch

    4- Virtual switch successfully created.

    esxi 7 virtual switches

    5- Networking option, select VMkernel NICs tab and click add VMKernel NIC

    esxi 7 vmkernel nics

    6- VMkernel NIC wizard, type new port group, select newly created vSwitch1, under IPv4 Settings, click static, type IP Address, subnet mask and then click the create button.

    esxi 7 add vmkernel nics

    7- VMware NICs successfully created.

    esxi 7 vmkernel nics

    8- Select Storage options, Adapter tab and then click Software iSCSI.

    esxi 7 storage adapters

    9- Select iSCSI enabled, select dynamic targets option, click add the dynamic target, type your openfiler iSCSI storage IP Address and then click save the configuration.

    esxi 7 configure iscsi

    10- Storage option, As you can see Openfiler device shows under the devices tab.

    esxi 7 storage devices

    11- Storage option, click Datastore tab and then click new datastore.

    esxi 7 storage datastore

    12- New datastore wizard, select create new VMFS datastore and then click on Next.

    esxi 7 add new datastore

    13- Type a datastore name, select Openfiler iSCSI disk and then click on Next.

    esxi 7 new datastore devices

    14- Select partitioning options, use full disk or custom, so select the VMFS version and then click next.

    esxi 7 new datastore partitions

    15- Review the Openfiler iSCSI storage ESXi datastore details and then click Finish to complete the process.

    esxi 7 new datastore ready

    16- Datastore successfully added.

    esxi 7 storage datastore

    If you would like to know more about how to add openfiler iscsi storage then click here

    Read more: How to change the Fujitsu Siemens Eternus DX90 Storage disk.

  • How to Add ESXi Host VMware vCenter Server 7

    How to Add ESXi Host VMware vCenter Server 7

    In this blog, I will be able to add an ESXi host 7 to the vCenter Server inventory, so as to make a vSphere environment and use vSphere features. This ESXi host doesn’t have any special configuration, but I would like to manage this host through our vCenter Server and therefore the vSphere client.

    1- First we need to add a new host in our DNS Manager, right-click your local domain and select New Host (A or AAAA).

    dns manager server 2019

    2- Type your ESXI host 7 hostnames, IP Address, checkbox Create associated pointer (PTR) record and click the Add Host button.

    dns manager add host

    Add ESXi 7 Host vCenter Server 7

    3- Open your VMware vSphere vCenter, right-click your Datacenter object, select Action menu and then select Add Host.

    vsphere add host

    4- Type the hostname or IP address of your ESXi 7 Host and then click Next

    vmware vsphere add esxi host

    5- Type your ESXi 7 host user name (root) and password. That we created during the installation of the ESXi host and then click Next.

    vsphere add esxi host connection

    6- Click Yes to accept the default security certificate.

    vsphere add host security alert

    7- Review the Host Summary and click next.

    vsphere add host summary

    8- The default evaluation license option, click next

    vsphere add host assign license

    9- Select Lockdown mode Disabled and then click next

    vsphere add host lockdown mode

    10- Select VM location, so click next

    add host vm location

    11- Review the details and then click the finish button to complete the process.

    vcenter add host ready to complete

    12- We have successfully added our ESXi 7 host.

    vsphere client

    For more information click here