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By default, you can only create eight NFS mounts per ESXi server. Although this limit can be increased up to 256 by using the advanced setting NFS.MaxVolumes, increasing this limit would generally require an increase in the minimum amount of VMkernel TCP/IP heap memory. The minimum heap memory value can be specified using the advanced setting Net.TcpipHeapSize. You can also set the maximum amount of heap size using the advanced setting Net.TcpipHeapMax. Most vendor documentation will have guidelines regarding the configuration of these parameters. Make sure you refer to them before you modify the defaults.
For more information regarding the TCP/IP heap size value, read the VMware Knowledge Base article—2239 (https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2239 ...
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