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L. PatrãoVMware vSphere Essentialshttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0208-9_11

11. vCenter Datastores

Luciano Patrão1  
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Selfkant, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
 

In this chapter, before you learn how to create a vMotion network, you’ll learn how to create iSCSI and NFS Datastores, since vMotion needs shared Storage.

In this chapter we will discuss the process of setting up iSCSI and NFS Datastores, which are crucial, for enabling shared storage needed for vMotion. You will discover how to set up an iSCSI, handle iSCSI connections and explore details about storage options, multipath setups well, as different devices and functionalities linked to them.

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