topic Re: Snapmanager products with NFS connected VMware ESX datastores in Data Protection https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Snapmanager-products-with-NFS-connected-VMware-ESX-datastores/m-p/38268#M10443 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You can use NFS volumes as your datastores with no issues to your ESX boxes at all. If you then wanted to use SME then you would have to presend your Luns from your Filer using iSCSI or FCP. The NFS datastore would just house your VM Platform itself. If you were using iSCSI then you would use the MS initator. Hope this Helps</P><P></P><P>Byron</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:32:33 GMT bberrisford_1 2009-02-10T11:32:33Z Snapmanager products with NFS connected VMware ESX datastores https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Snapmanager-products-with-NFS-connected-VMware-ESX-datastores/m-p/38266#M10442 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello,</P><P></P><P>is there any solution to use e.g. SnapManager for Exchange in an virtualisized environment with NFS connected datastores on ESX Server 3.5?</P><P>I think this is only possible with iSCSI or FCP but maybe there is an unknown solution.</P><P></P><P>Best regards,</P><P>Michael Albers</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:30:58 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Snapmanager-products-with-NFS-connected-VMware-ESX-datastores/m-p/38266#M10442 michaelalbers 2025-06-05T07:30:58Z Re: Snapmanager products with NFS connected VMware ESX datastores https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Snapmanager-products-with-NFS-connected-VMware-ESX-datastores/m-p/38268#M10443 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You can use NFS volumes as your datastores with no issues to your ESX boxes at all. If you then wanted to use SME then you would have to presend your Luns from your Filer using iSCSI or FCP. The NFS datastore would just house your VM Platform itself. If you were using iSCSI then you would use the MS initator. Hope this Helps</P><P></P><P>Byron</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:32:33 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Snapmanager-products-with-NFS-connected-VMware-ESX-datastores/m-p/38268#M10443 bberrisford_1 2009-02-10T11:32:33Z Re: Snapmanager products with NFS connected VMware ESX datastores https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Snapmanager-products-with-NFS-connected-VMware-ESX-datastores/m-p/38272#M10444 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Ok, you confirm my view of solution.</P><P>Thanks a lot!</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:52:29 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Snapmanager-products-with-NFS-connected-VMware-ESX-datastores/m-p/38272#M10444 michaelalbers 2009-02-10T11:52:29Z