I have 2 new Dell servers with 1.8TB storage.
I have done the following
- plugged in 2 network cables and enabled both ports as NIC management ports (Server has 4 ports)
- Join domain, set relavent Domain users as administrators (myself)
When I login using using the viClient on my notebook I see a large warning saying that no persistant storage is found & no log location.
i. I added the []scratch/log to the syslog folder (found settings on Internet).
ii. I clicked on the link to create data-stores which creates a pop-up
iii. In the pop-up I choose the following:
a. Disk/Lun
b. Dell local disk, Non-SSD, 1.8TB (the other is 100GB, I presume is for the ESXi)
c. VMFS-5 (Other option is VMFS-3)
d. Then it loads the current layout (There is the word loading......)
After 3 minutes, the viClient lost connection and tries to reconnect.
I can ping the Server IP address but I cannot seem to login via the viClient (it goes connecting......)
After a while, the viclient is able to connect again with the same large warning, saying that no persistant storage is found.
Kindly assist as there is no way I can add storage to the new server.