New Host, more on NFS, still no vMotion

The new machine (we can call it northvale for now) is fully functional as a ESXi host with access to the internet and the backdoor Gig-e network.

NFS fun
One of the plans was to build a Linux VM and serve shared storage from it over NFS. I now have a 200 GB NFS mount off of the Linux VM talking to all hosts over the Gig-e. I can add additional storage as needed from the local datastore where this VM resides.

This will simulate having shared storage from a remote server: Virtual Shared DASD (VSD). I did a cold move of this VM to the Dell 745 which will probably become a test/utility ESXi host (desktop machine) until I repurpose the machine to Windows 7 x64 later in the year.

vMotion
vMotion is still elusive based on the two ESXi hosts in my cluster (CPU's are E6700 & E8400). More digging....More RTFM....

Hardware
Finally for today, the 3rd and last hard drive arrived. Hopefully, this one will actually work!