firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service mountd firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service rpc-bind firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service nfs firewall-cmd --reload. Creating a Pre and Post Snapshot Pair, 14.2.1.1. Running NFS Behind a Firewall", Collapse section "8.6.3. Also read the exportfs man page for more details, specifically the "DESCRIPTION" section which explains all this and more. Installing and Configuring Ubuntu This may reduce the number of removable media drives throughout the network. NFS Server Configuration - VMware We've just done a test with a windows box doing a file copy while we restart the NFS service. See my post here. Starting vmware-fdm:success. Creating a Partition", Collapse section "13.2. Configuring an FCoE Interface to Automatically Mount at Boot, 25.8.1. To add Datastore on VMware Host Client, Configure like follows. Adding New Devices to a btrfs File System, 6.4.6. Troubleshooting Online Storage Configuration, 25.22. NFS Server changes in /etc/exports file need Service Restart? To enable NFS support on a client system, enter the following command at the terminal prompt: Use the mount command to mount a shared NFS directory from another machine, by typing a command line similar to the following at a terminal prompt: The mount point directory /opt/example must exist. However after a while we found that the rpc NFS service was unavailable on BOTH qnaps. Veeam vPower NFS Service - User Guide for VMware vSphere Running TSM stop Gathering File System Information, 2.2. In the File Service -> Click Enabled. So its not a name resolution issue but, in my case, a dependancy on the NFS server to be able to contact a DNS server. In my case my NFS server wouldn't present the NFS share until it was able to contact a DNS server, I just picked a random internet one and the moment I did this the ESXi box was able to mount the NFS datastores. Success. Accessing RPC Quota through a Firewall, 8.7.1. The /etc/exports Configuration File. VMware vpxa is used as the intermediate service for communication between vCenter and hostd. [5] Input NFS share information to mount. This DNS server can also forward requests to the internet through the NATing router. Comparing Changes with the xadiff Command, 14.4. If you have a different name for the management network interface, use the appropriate interface name in the command.