– Download the openfiler installation ISO , download link
I have downloaded the Installation ISO image (x86/64).
Basically we need to create open filer as a virtual machine with say 20 GB thin provisioning, and attach another disk/datastore to the virtual machine to configure it as SAN.
– Download and install the Installation ISO image (x86/64) as a virtual machine, noting fancy here just do a normal installation.
– Once rebooted you get a web interface to login on port 446, https://< ip > :446/
– Login with username: openfiler, and password: password
Network access configuration:
set up network access configuration, enter the Network/Host , who are allowed to access.
System –> Network Access Configuration
Create a new physical volume
Volumes –> Block devices
Click on Edit devices on the hard disk where we going to create new physical volume, this is the extra hard drive we added to the virtual machine at the beginning. (/dev/sdb)
Select Physical volume as your partition type ( assuming that you are not using RAID), and set the mode to Primary, click create.
Create new Volume Group
Let us create a volume group for the physical volumes
Volumes –> Volume groups , enter a group name and select the physical drive and click Add volume
Create the Volume
Volume –> Add Volume
Enter Volume Name , Description, required space and select File System block.
Now Enable and Add iSCSI Target
Services –> iSCSI Target Enable, Start
Volumes –> iSCSI Targets –> Target Configuration –> Add new iSCSI Target
Setup the LUN Mapping and allow access to iSCSI target
Now the open filer is ready to use.
In VMware ESXi
Create new VMKernel network adapter to use for iSCSI connection
Click on storage adapter –> Add new
Click on properties, add the VMkernel switch and the discover the iSCSI target.
Now your ESXi will show the openfiler as a datastore 🙂
More information about Openfiler:
http://www.openfiler.com/products
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