Now that we have a couple of ESX servers installed within Workstation 6.5, I think it would be a good idea to simulate some type of storage solution. After all, it would be very unlikely that one would be storing their VMs on the local drives of the ESX servers. You'd most likely be dealing with iSCSI, Fiber, or NFS storage.
After doing some research, I found Openfiler. This software basically turns any regular PC into an iSCSI storage device. Best of all it's free! Great for testing!
I found this site to be a tremendous help when I was configuring my Openfiler VM: http://www.techhead.co.uk/how-to-configure-openfiler-v23-iscsi-storage-for-use-with-vmware-esx
Here is the Installing and Configuring Openfiler in Workstation 6.5 document (please feel free to download the PDF):
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
VSphere in a Box: Installing and Configuring Openfiler 2.3 in Vmware Workstation 6.5
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Labels: Vmware, Vsphere lab
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Thank you very much for sharing this. For last week or so I was searching for a way to build an ESX 4.0 w/o upgrading my v3.5 server in my test environment and this is a great way to do it.
Art,
I'm glad you're finding these documents useful. Please let me know if there's anything in particular you'd like me to cover, and I'll do my best...
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