Using Openfiler Storage Appliance with VMware Workstation 6
1. Download the virtual appliance (iso image) from www.openfiler.com
2. Create a new virtual machine using the VMware Workstation wizard. Create a “Typical” VM but use “Other” for Guest Operating System and Version. Install the Openfiler 2.3 appliance using the downloaded iso image. Add another dedicated hard drive (IDE was used in this example) to the virtual machine for storing data.
3. Assume that the Openfiler VM has a static IP of 192.168.1.20. You can use a browser to access Openfiler’s web management interface using a SSL session and port 446; for example https://192.168.1.20:446. Login using the default username “openfiler” and default password “password”.
4. To create a volume group, you need to have a physical volume. Then go to the Volume Group Management section and create one or more volume groups. Specify a name for the volume group and associate it with the physical volume that will make up the volume group. Then create a Logical Volume under a Volume Group. Give it a name, such as, lv01.
Next create a Share under the Logical Volume. To do this go to the “Shares” tab and create a sub-directory under the logical volume. Click on the sub-directory and share it.
Example Share: /mnt/test/lv01/dog, where
test = volume group; lv01 = logical volumne; dog = shared sub-directory
Click on Accounts tab; go to the Expert View.
If appropriate, add your Workgroup name in the Domain / Workgroup text box even if you are not using a Domain. Leave the Use Windows domain controller and authentication box unchecked.
Share access control mode is set to Public guest access. Enable SMB/CIFS RW option.
Under the Systems tab, under the Network Access Configuration…
Name = Your network’s name; Network/Host = 192.168.1.0 (in this example); Netmask = 255.255.255.0 (in this example); Type = Share
To access the shared folder from, say, Windows Explorer, use \\192.168.1.20\test.lv01.dog. To map this drive, use \\192.168.1.20/test.lv01.dog
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To access this shared folder from a Linux machine, press Alt-F2 to invoke the Gnome run dialog and enter smb://IPaddress/folder where “folder” is the name of the shared folder.
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