Want to know to setup an NFS server on Linux and connect it to a VMware ESX server? Could be handy, for example when you have a DVD you want to use on your ESX host, but you don't have a DVD player… (grrrr).
Well, this is how it's done.
On the linux host
check if nfs is running, look for something like
100003 2 udp 2049 nfs
100003 3 udp 2049 nfs
100003 4 udp 2049 nfs
100021 1 udp 37880 nlockmgr
100021 3 udp 37880 nlockmgr
100021 4 udp 37880 nlockmgr
100003 2 tcp 2049 nfs
100003 3 tcp 2049 nfs
100003 4 tcp 2049 nfs
# rpcinfo -p
# vi /etc/exports
/mnt/cdrom 10.20.2.204(ro) 10.20.2.20(ro)
check if a share has got a connected server
# cat /proc/fs/nfs/exports
/mnt/cdrom 10.20.2.204(ro,root_squash,sync,wdelay,no_subtree_check)
gewijzigde config van /ets/exports activeren als nfs draait
# exportfs -ra
On VMware ESX host
# esxcfg-firewall -e nfsClient
# mount ezhappl21.elisabeth.nl:/mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
# /mnt/cdrom/install
# /mnt/cdrom
# esxcfg-firewall -d nfsClient
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