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1. Create VMDK.
First ssh into ESX and then use following command to create vmdk,
```shell
vmkfstools -c 2G /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/volumes/myDisk.vmdk
```
2. Create Pod which uses 'myDisk.vmdk'.
See example
```yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
name: test-vmdk
spec:
containers:
- image: registry.k8s.io/test-webserver
name: test-container
volumeMounts:
- mountPath: /test-vmdk
name: test-volume
volumes:
- name: test-volume
# This VMDK volume must already exist.
vsphereVolume:
volumePath: "[datastore1] volumes/myDisk"
fsType: ext4
```
[Download example](vsphere-volume-pod.yaml?raw=true)
Creating the pod:
``` bash
$ kubectl create -f examples/volumes/vsphere/vsphere-volume-pod.yaml
```
Verify that pod is running:
```bash
$ kubectl get pods test-vmdk
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
test-vmdk 1/1 Running 0 48m
```
### Persistent Volumes
1. Create VMDK.
First ssh into ESX and then use following command to create vmdk,
```shell
vmkfstools -c 2G /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/volumes/myDisk.vmdk
```
2. Create Persistent Volume.
See example:
```yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: PersistentVolume
metadata:
name: pv0001
spec:
capacity:
storage: 2Gi
accessModes:
- ReadWriteOnce
persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Retain
vsphereVolume:
volumePath: "[datastore1] volumes/myDisk"
fsType: ext4
```
In the above example datastore1 is located in the root folder. If datastore is member of Datastore Cluster or located in sub folder, the folder path needs to be provided in the VolumePath as below.
```yaml
vsphereVolume:
VolumePath: "[DatastoreCluster/datastore1] volumes/myDisk"
```
[Download example](vsphere-volume-pv.yaml?raw=true)
Creating the persistent volume:
``` bash
$ kubectl create -f examples/volumes/vsphere/vsphere-volume-pv.yaml
```
Verifying persistent volume is created:
``` bash
$ kubectl describe pv pv0001
Name: pv0001
Labels: <none>
Status: Available
Claim:
Reclaim Policy: Retain