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Configure FSx for NetApp ONTAP as an NFS datastore - Amazon Elastic VMware Service
PrerequisitesCreate an FSx for NetApp ONTAP file systemRetrieve the NFS DNS name for the storage virtual machineCreate an NFS datastore in vSphere using the FSx for ONTAP volume

Configure FSx for NetApp ONTAP as an NFS datastore

The following procedure details the minimum steps required to configure FSx for NetApp ONTAP as an NFS datastore for Amazon EVS using the FSx console and the VMware vSphere client interface that runs on Amazon EVS.

Prerequisites

Before you use Amazon EVS with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP, make sure that the following prerequisite tasks have been completed.

Your IAM principal has appropriate permissions to create and manage FSx for ONTAP file systems in your VPC. For more information, see Create and manage an Amazon EVS environment.

Create an FSx for NetApp ONTAP file system

Amazon EVS is a single Availability Zone service, but you can use either a Single-AZ or Multi-AZ FSx for ONTAP file system. If you choose a Multi-AZ file system, all VPC route tables used by your Amazon EVS host subnets must be associated with that file system. For the full file-system creation workflow, see Creating FSx for ONTAP file systems in the Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP User Guide.

When you reach the networking and volume configuration pages of the FSx creation wizard, apply the following Amazon EVS-specific settings:

  1. Select the Amazon EVS VPC that has connectivity to your Amazon EVS VLAN subnets.

  2. Select a security group that permits all required FSx for ONTAP NFS traffic to the Amazon EVS host VMkernel management VLAN subnet.

  3. Select the Amazon EVS service access subnet that your file system will be deployed in. For more information, see Service access subnet.

  4. For Junction path, specify a meaningful name such as /vol1 to identify this volume in vSphere.

  5. Within Default volume configuration, set Storage efficiency to Enabled.

Retrieve the NFS DNS name for the storage virtual machine

  1. Go to the Amazon FSx console.

  2. On the left menu, select File systems.

  3. Choose the newly created file system.

  4. Select the Storage virtual machines tab.

  5. Choose the storage virtual machine.

  6. Select the Endpoints tab.

  7. Copy the network file system (NFS) DNS name for later use in VMware Vsphere.

Create an NFS datastore in vSphere using the FSx for ONTAP volume

Follow the instructions in Create an NFS Datastore in vSphere Environmentto configure Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP as external storage for VMware vSphere. For the Server setting in the vSphere client interface, use the storage virtual machine (SVM) NFS DNS name that you copied in the previous step.