topic Re: Is it possible to create a volume that can be accessed by both Vmware and windows hosts in Network and Storage Protocols https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Is-it-possible-to-create-a-volume-that-can-be-accessed-by-both-Vmware-and/m-p/23584#M2092 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Ok.&nbsp; So it looks like you've got some permission issues.&nbsp; It could be a user mapping issue, a export/share issue.&nbsp; But this should be doable.</P><P>I'd need to see much more about your config, so you can try to dump it here or it may be worth opening a support case so they can work with you directly.</P><P></P><P>But this should work.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:01:18 GMT adamfox 2010-02-18T17:01:18Z Is it possible to create a volume that can be accessed by both Vmware and windows hosts https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Is-it-possible-to-create-a-volume-that-can-be-accessed-by-both-Vmware-and/m-p/23570#M2089 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>I'm not sure if this is possible or if it's just&nbsp; a configuration issue on my end.&nbsp; I'm trying to create a volume on my&nbsp; Netapp to host ISO images that can be used by both Vmware and Windows.</P><P></P><P>I'm&nbsp; able to create the share and export but while changing some of the&nbsp; configurations, either Windows hosts can access it just fine and Vmware&nbsp; can't see the ISO images in the datastore, or Vmware can see the ISO&nbsp; images but Windows clients get access denied.&nbsp; The reason for Windows&nbsp; hosts having access is to upload and download ISO images.&nbsp; The reason&nbsp; for Vmware to access the ISO images is to build new VM machines.&nbsp; The Vmware ISO datastore is configured as read only.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:18:30 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Is-it-possible-to-create-a-volume-that-can-be-accessed-by-both-Vmware-and/m-p/23570#M2089 daniel_kaiser 2025-06-05T07:18:30Z Re: Is it possible to create a volume that can be accessed by both Vmware and windows hosts https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Is-it-possible-to-create-a-volume-that-can-be-accessed-by-both-Vmware-and/m-p/23576#M2090 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It should be possible.&nbsp; What protocols are involved for each hosts?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:38:07 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Is-it-possible-to-create-a-volume-that-can-be-accessed-by-both-Vmware-and/m-p/23576#M2090 adamfox 2010-02-18T16:38:07Z Re: Is it possible to create a volume that can be accessed by both Vmware and windows hosts https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Is-it-possible-to-create-a-volume-that-can-be-accessed-by-both-Vmware-and/m-p/23580#M2091 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Cifs share for Windows clients and NFS export for the Vmware ESX datastore</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:51:59 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Is-it-possible-to-create-a-volume-that-can-be-accessed-by-both-Vmware-and/m-p/23580#M2091 daniel_kaiser 2010-02-18T16:51:59Z Re: Is it possible to create a volume that can be accessed by both Vmware and windows hosts https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Is-it-possible-to-create-a-volume-that-can-be-accessed-by-both-Vmware-and/m-p/23584#M2092 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Ok.&nbsp; So it looks like you've got some permission issues.&nbsp; It could be a user mapping issue, a export/share issue.&nbsp; But this should be doable.</P><P>I'd need to see much more about your config, so you can try to dump it here or it may be worth opening a support case so they can work with you directly.</P><P></P><P>But this should work.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:01:18 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Is-it-possible-to-create-a-volume-that-can-be-accessed-by-both-Vmware-and/m-p/23584#M2092 adamfox 2010-02-18T17:01:18Z Re: Is it possible to create a volume that can be accessed by both Vmware and windows hosts https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Is-it-possible-to-create-a-volume-that-can-be-accessed-by-both-Vmware-and/m-p/23589#M2093 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>What is the security style of the volume? ("qtree status" will show this)</P><P></P><P>Who are the users trying to access the files?</P><P></P><P>What do you get for "options wafl"?</P><P></P><P>Set "options cifs.trace_login on" and try to access from both VMWare and Windows. What does the output show? (turn it back off when you're done)</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:09:31 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Is-it-possible-to-create-a-volume-that-can-be-accessed-by-both-Vmware-and/m-p/23589#M2093 parisi 2010-02-18T18:09:31Z