Proxmox - Dell powerstore

[alainseys]

Hy,

we are testing proxmos as alternative for vmware now we want to connect this to our powerstore volume (this is a new system nothing on it so we can play with it).
But i dont see any option to connect to it .

The volume is visible


i have tried to mount it manualy but no luck


this is the config in proxmox the powerstore is connected over fiber


replication is set on powerstore on active/ active not that this has anything to do with the mounting. But just to mention it.

 

[bbgeek17]

Proxmox does NOT allow mount of VMFS out of the box. Nor does it support using VMFS on an ongoing basis.

You may want to read: https://www.nakivo.com/blog/mount-vmfs-datastore-in-linux-windows-esxi/

If you have no data on VMFS, then you would want to wipe those partitions and start from scratch. How you manage them from that point on depends on your goals. I.e. shared storage? Filesystem? etc

Good luck

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[alainseys]

thanks for the info i will try this

 

[gfngfn256]

Proxmox does allow mount of VMFS out of the box.

I'm guessing this is a typo & should read:

Proxmox does not allow mount of VMFS out of the box.

AFAIK you can only mount a VMFS through vmfs-tools as read-only (fuse).

 

[bbgeek17]

I'm guessing this is a typo & should read:
AFAIK you can only mount a VMFS through vmfs-tools as read-only (fuse).

yes, thank you!

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[alainseys]

read only will not result in a worable poc so i think this is not enterprise ready.