can play VMs from external NAS storage over ethernet???

[lse123]

can play VMs from external NAS storage over ethernet???  Vmware latest Fusion 11 or Free Player 12-14????

[RDPetruska]

As long as your host OS can see the network resource, and write to it, sure, you can open a virtual machine and run it.  Performance may not be as good as a local drive, and there is the potential that a network hiccup/disconnection could corrupt some data, but it should work.

[TEST1981]

if you have 1GB LAN or 801.11a wifi no worries about opening vmkd.

It´s no issue even for home-lab (running esx hypervisor + web appliance + vcenter).

In any case i would recommend to make separate volume on NAS and mount it like iscsi target.Then you force your system use it almost like local disk speed.

[wila]

Hi TEST1981,

This is a VMware Player forum, your answer is for vSphere.

VMware Player cannot mount iSCSI drives. Sure you could mount it that way via the host OS if it offers that, but then there's no added benefit anymore.

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Wil