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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[@paulcumberland8670]

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

[@sabofx]

Crystal clear! Thanx m8!

[@KevinFoley]

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

[@JJFlores197]

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.

[@jeffer8762]

liked, this worked for me nice tutorial keep doing!

[@jeffsabean1133]

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

[@radosawsar3939]

Great instruction, greetings from Poland

[@TechWithEmilio]

Glad it was helpful!

[@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?

[@nonomnismoriar9601]

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

[@TechWithEmilio]

Thanks, glad you liked it

[@kasperb7073]

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?

[@JkrzWild]

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

[@TechWithEmilio]

Awesome, thank you! Appreciate the sub

[@Rad_Travels]

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

[@kenzot11]

Did you notice any improvements?

[@renatoalexpapa]

Any improvements? txs

[@ricardokippings1719]

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 ?

[@ryanmilton2643]

synology is so easy! this was too!

[@TechWithEmilio]

they are great!

[@TheClustermass]

Worked! Thank you!

[@TechWithEmilio]

Glad it helped!

[@bilel2679]

Good one, cheers mate!

[@TechWithEmilio]

Glad it helped. Thanks for the comment.

[@TheHolyQuran2021]

Good job thanks.

[@xmen3190]

Thanks so much worked perfectly

[@TechWithEmilio]

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[@a.kevin976]

Thank you so much 😁 Merci

[@TechWithEmilio]

You're welcome 😊 Thanks

[@cybermaestro-it]

You are still running your VMs on ESXi actually.)

[@googleaccount3876]

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

[@TechWithEmilio]

Hi James, thanks for your comment. It depends on what you are wanting to use the NAS for. Both technologies will work fine. NFS will be available as a file share if you want to access it from another server, while iSCSI is block based. I would say if you are getting started go with NFS. Hope that helps

[@googleaccount3876]

@@TechWithEmilio Thanks!

[@sanjivbjoshi]

good