PlateSpin Forge supports the use of Storage Area Network (SAN) storage, as described above, but before Forge can access an existing SAN, a SAN Logical Unit (LUN) needs to be added to Forge’s ESX.
To add a SAN LUN to Forge:
NOTE:If the VMware Infrastructure Client is already installed, skip to Step 3.
From a workstation other than your Forge appliance, open a Web browser and navigate to the ESX Server’s IP address (the first IP address you configured when you set up your Forge appliance).
Click the
link, then follow the instructions to download and install the software. Ignore any SSL warnings.On your Forge appliance, select
.Log in using the ESX Server’s IP address and the username and password you set up when the Appliance was initially configured.
The VIC Inventory UI is displayed.
Click the
node in the Inventory panel.Click the
tab.Click the
hyperlink in the upper right.In the
, click .Click
.Click
.Enter a datastore name and click
.Click
.Click
.Click Hardware to see the Forgedatastores. The newly added SAN LUN should appear in the window.
underQuit the VIC.
From Forge, the new datastore won’t show up until the next replication runs and the Application Host is refreshed. You can force a refresh by selecting
.You can now see the new datastore when adding and working with workloads.