error during the configuration of the host: cannot open volume:

[callius]

i am trying to connect to a nfs share on a 2k3 host.

nfs seems to be working fine, and i get an error that it cant mount vmfs/vomumes etc as per header

any ideas ?

error during the configuration of the host: cannot open volume: /vmfs/volumes/5e19512ee0-58e574e42

It has the access to read/write a share on my windows box,

any clues is it having problems with the file system on the nfs share ?

[wobbly1]

have you tried configuring your NFS to use a friendly name rather than the long name for the volume?

[callius]

nfs share name is test

ok i know have run the commandline esxcfg-nas -a etc

and it has added it under vmfs volumes

its a flashing red listing under "ls" but i cant access it as a file or directory ?

[callius]

it seems like its trying to mount it unde vmfs/volumes is this correct is it will not be a vmfs filesystem ?

[callius]

is it normal for nfs shares to be mounted in /vmfs/volumes/

?? as a nfs share will be ntfs not vmfs ?

[wobbly1]

no it isn't.

check out:

http://pubs.vmware.com/vi301/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm

[korman]

FYI...

I was just receiving the same error trying to create NFS datastor on my vcenter which is running Windows file services for Unix 3.5. In my case I forgot to add the user map between the "root" account in the esx passwd file and the local user account i created for nfs file and directory permissions.

"Microsoft Windows Services for Unix" -> "User Name Mapping" -> "Maps"