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KB ID: 4668

Product: TS5010 Series | TS3010 Series | TS3020 Series

Adding TeraStation x10 series NFS Share to ESXi 5.x

Last Updated: 08/08/2025

 Applies to TeraStation 5010/3010/3020 series firmware 4.00 or later
1.    Logon to the TeraStation web interface. At the File Sharing tab, click the configuration widget next to “Folder Setup”.
 
2.    From the “Shared Folder List”, you can either create a new Share by clicking the “Create Folder” button on the upper left, or modify an existing Share by click on the existing share folder name. Either case will bring up the "Share Folder Settings” dialog box
 
3.    On the Folder Settings dialog box, make sure the NFS option is checked. In this case we have disabled the recycle bin (recommended) and turned off all other protocols. Note that the NFS path is shown. Remember this information as it will be needed later. Click OK to save the configuration.
 
4.    At File Sharing tab, make sure the slide switch next to NFS is blue to indicate that NFS is enabled. Click the configuration widget next to the slide switch to set options for NFS.
       
5.    Switch to Client Settings tab. Then click the Add button to add a new NFS client.
 
6.    Enter your ESX server hostname and it’s IP Address. Click OK to complete.
 
7.    Switch to the NFS Rules tab. Click the Add button to add a new NFS rule.
 
8.    At the NFS Rule dialog box, click the browse button.
 
9.    Select the NFS Share you want to restrict access to then click OK.
 
 
10.    At the Hosts column, enter the ESX server hostname or IP address which entered at Step.7 that will have the restricted access.  Separate multiple entries with commas.
 
  -You may assign read-only or read and write access to the listed clients.
  -"Guest permission”: “Ignored" - No_Root_Squashed (Default).   
   "Guest Permission” : “Forced” - all_squash,  anonuid=65534,  anongid=65534
  Leave the settings as default if you are not sure. Once correctly set click the “OK” button.

11.    Configuration at TeraStation side is completed.
 
12.     In the ESX interface select the host, then go to the “Configuration” tab and select “Storage” from the “Hardware” box on the left. On the right hand side click the link to “Add Storage”.
 
13.    Choose the radio button for “Network File System” and click “Next”.
 
14.    For “Server” enter the IP address of the TeraStation. In “Folder” enter the path that was from the shared folder creation earlier. Give the datastore a unique name and click “Next”.

 NOTE: Manually inputting the mount path is required, copying the mount path from TeraStation WebUI will bring along web encoding which will cause mounting failure.
 
15.    Verify the information is correct in the dialog box and click “Finish”.
 
16.    The new datastore should now be listed along in the “Storage” area. The new datastore is ready.