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- Shared datastore on VMware
- Shared datastore enabled in the platform
Configure
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On the storage device, check you have properly configured the initiator group to include each ESX/ESXi, by adding the hypervisors' IQNs to the list.
Also remember to add the Abiquo IQN, which can be found at /etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi
If you have previously used the storage with an ESX/ESXi host outside of Abiquo, the ESX/ESXi host's IQN may have been added to another initiator group. You will need to manually remove it from that group before you can use it in Abiquo. You can add it to the appropriate group manually or Abiquo will add it automatically.
Configure a shared VMFS datastore
To get vMotion® working with Abiquo you need to ensure that all the hypervisor hosts have a shared VMFS datastore.
- Create a volume (that will be shared by all your ESX ESXi hypervisors) in your preferred storage system
- Add it to an ESXi hypervisor using the static discovery method. From the iSCSI Software Adapter properties window, go to Static Discovery. Then click the Add button.
- Complete the dialog with the server hostname or IP and the target IQN. The port should be the default, which is 3260.
- Click OK and close the properties windows.
- If a message suggesting you rescan all the HBAs appears, click Yes. After the rescan you should see your volume(s) in the list of devices.
- Format the volume with the VMFS file system.
- Add the volume as a datastore. Go to Configuration --> → Storage, then follow the instructions, and select the recently created volume.
- On the other hypervisors, add the volume with the static discovery and it will be automatically recognized as a new datastore.
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