Setting up a Synology NAS with VMware vSphere (Datastore setup using NFS)

We'll be chatting about the steps on how to setup and run VMware VM's on a Synology NAS.
We'll be using NFS and mapping storage onto a VMware Datastore.
This video guide won't cover iSCSI or Fibre Channel connections, but this is another option that is available.

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[paulcumberland]

worked like a charm. needed this as i'm setting up bacula on my 3 VMs (windows server, oracle linux and macOS) to backup to the now mounted NAS datastore via NFS

[JJFlores]

Thanks for this! I'm planning on setting up something like this within a few months. I currently have 3 physical ESXi servers. I'm planning on retiring 2 of them since they are old. My vision is to use my Synology as a NAS for my Plex server that I will run on the new ESXi host. My plan is to somehow migrate all data from the media drive I have on that old ESXi host to the Synology NAS. Then, I'll create a new Plex vm on the new host and have it point to the NAS. That's my thinking, so hopefully it works out.

Its probably way overkill for what I really need it, but hey, I like to play around and tinker with this stuff.

[Tech-geeky]

good video... but first i gotta upgrade my network.. slow transfers over 100Mbits Eithernet-Over-Power devices won't help me one bit..

Does memory have to be 4Gig if its only mounting NFS share though?

[KevinFoley]

Emilio, would you mind doing a “Visio-type” topology/network config diagram for this setup, pls?

[kasperb]

Could the NAS storage participate in a vSAN?

If i have 3 nodes and 2NAS servers.
Can i even use the NAS storage in the vSAN?

[ricardokippings]

I would love to implement thisnfory business but I currently have server 2012 can I just come this and install it on the massage ? Will rdp be ok with 10 users ?

[jeffsabean]

Thanks! I was ALMOST there, I think what I was doing wrong was using the host name, I put in the IP per your video and I'm up and running

[radosawsar]

Great instruction, greetings from Poland

[jeffer]

liked, this worked for me nice tutorial keep doing!

[nonomnismoriar]

Great video, brief, to the point and best of all worked first time :)

[Rad_Travels]

I used to use NFS between VMware ESXi and Synology but now I am using iSCSI.

[JkrzWild]

Huge help, thank you. Liked and Subscribed! Looking forward to watching more of your videos.

[googleaccount]

Is it better to use NFS instead of iSCSI when connecting a Synology NAS a VMware Datastore?

[anorguli]

You are still running your VMs on ESXi actually.)