ESXi 6.5 + NFS

[Katfish]

Hello,

I just finished setting up an ESXi 6.5 install with the hopes of leveraging napp-it. I was starting down the path of creating a dedicated vSwitch and portgroup for the NFS traffic. I created the vSwitch, then a port group on switch, and then added a vmkernel NIC to the port group.

This works as expected. In the napp-it guest, I am unable to choose the newly created group for the 2nd NIC. If I remove the vmkernel NIC from the port group, I am then able to select the newly created NFS PG. If I re-add the vmkernel NIC, I get a warning on the guest saying the NIC is part of a non existent network.

It seems that the guest NIC refuses to be on the same PG as a vmkernel NIC.

Any suggestions?

 

[nitrobass24]

Can you post a screenshot of your vNetwork topology?

 

[Katfish]

Here are shots of the VM Network, the newly created storage one, and then the drop down selection for the napp-it guest.

 

[nitrobass24]

Well your distributed switch it not connected to any physical adapters. As a result your storage PG will not have any connectivity.

 

[Katfish]

I am doing an AIO setup and wasnt planning on sharing the storage externally. Behavior is the same with a physical NIC. Have tried a new guest, symptoms persist.

Ditching the 6.5 install and reverting back to 6.0u2.

 

[nitrobass24]

Then your VMNetwork would need to be on the same vSwitch. Right now your port group is isolated from everything.