NFS permissions

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To start, I am new to Drobo. I have a Drobo 5N running nfs 1.2.8. I set up the nfs share as a datastore for a VMware 5.5 ESXi host. I successfully created the datastore but I cannot create any VMs on the datastore. I get the error “error caused by file /vmfs/volumes/…” My understanding is that this is due to improper permissions.

My exports file shows the following:
/mnt/DroboFS/Shares/Public 192.168.2.0/24 169.254.179.236(rw,insecure,no_subtree_check,all_squash,anonuid=99,anongid=99)

I don’t have a ton of experience setting nfs permissions. Any help appreciated.

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I’m in the same boat. If I find the answer I’ll post it to your reply.

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What are the actual filesystem permissions for /mnt/DroboFS/Shares/Public ? Your NFS configuration squashes all accesses to the user “nobody” and group “nobody”.

I’m not sure that the default EXT4 permissions for Public allow file creation from the “nobody” account.

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Thanks for the reply I don’t want to hijack. i’ll check forums to see how to I check the permissions on the Drobo 5N and ESXi for NFS.

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How does one check permissions on drobo share?