Starwind on ESX Server 3.5
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 11:55 pm
I just recently set up a VMWare Infrastructure for a client and was looking at adding iSCSI using Starwind to provide an easy and cost effective means for backing up their Virtual Machines without having to spend on a SAN.
I installed starwind and have an external 2.5tb SCSI raid array attached. Everything seems to be connected and installed correctly but when I get to the Add Storage wizard in the VMWare Infrastructure client it lets me choose the LUN, name the datastore, pick the block size, etc but when I click finish and it attempts to Create the VMFS Datastore it fails every time with the following error...
"Error during the configuration of the host: Unable to create Filesystem."
Any help would be appreciated!
Looks like a great product if I could get it working..
Mark
I installed starwind and have an external 2.5tb SCSI raid array attached. Everything seems to be connected and installed correctly but when I get to the Add Storage wizard in the VMWare Infrastructure client it lets me choose the LUN, name the datastore, pick the block size, etc but when I click finish and it attempts to Create the VMFS Datastore it fails every time with the following error...
"Error during the configuration of the host: Unable to create Filesystem."
Any help would be appreciated!
Looks like a great product if I could get it working..
Mark