Data Domain: Creating a datastore

Summary: VxRail datastore creation on Data Domain (DD) meaning

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If a VxRail requests a datastore creation on Data Domain (DD), it is a Network File System (NFS) share request.

Once the NFS share has been created on DD, it can then be mounted on the Elastic Sky X (ESX). VxRail can then use it to move Virtual Machines (VMs) or VM disk files from other datastores.

Additional Information

  • VMware supports both Virtual Machine File System (VMFS) and NFS for datastore.
  • Both the datastores support vMotion, which essentially is a feature to move VMs from one host to another.
  • There is little difference between VMFS and NFS
    • NFS is file-level 
    • VMFS is a block-level file

Affected Products

Data Domain, VxRail Appliance Family
Article Properties
Article Number: 000009596
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 19 آذار 2026
Version:  5
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