kylejwx Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 lets say I have two physical machines. One is running vsphere the other Windows 8, but all my good storage is on the Windows 8 machine. How can I expose that storage over the network to the vmware server to be used as a datastore? NFS? iSCSI? Each box has 2 gigabit Ethernet ports. No Fiber Channel around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinkererguy Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Haven't played with iSCSI or NFS on Windows in some time (so spoiled by SSD), but it wasn't too tricky with Windows Server variants. Your question is more challenging, since I wouldn't trust methods I found in various google searches I've tried, not without trying them myself. But here's a promising tip that might help: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/625b7abd-2803-4370-a426-b067ab646bb0/windows-8-as-an-iscsi-target?forum=w8itprogeneral Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejwx Posted March 16, 2015 Author Share Posted March 16, 2015 ok, thanks I will look into that. Am I correct in assuming that Windows Server 2012 R2 has iSCSI built in and that if it replaced the Windows 8 machine, it could serve as the storage for vSphere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drashna Jaelre Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Yes, Windows Server has a built in iSCSI Target server. So if you replace the Windows 8 machine, you wouldn't need any additional software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejwx Posted March 16, 2015 Author Share Posted March 16, 2015 Yes, Windows Server has a built in iSCSI Target server. So if you replace the Windows 8 machine, you wouldn't need any additional software. That's convenient because this machine happens to dual boot Win8.1/Server 2012 R2. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drashna Jaelre Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yodafett Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 i would use NFS instead of iscsi for vmware, with nfs you will be able to see the share within windows for backup, cloning, etc. Currently i am running an i7 esxi host that connects to nfs to my microserver and via iscsi on my qnap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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