If you plan to use FTP for more than just NSX, it would be a good idea to create a subdirectory in the dataset or other location you want them to reside.

I like to separate it out to ensure nothing else competes with the backups and the amount of space available is predictable. To do this in my lab, I created a dedicated dataset with a 60GB quota for FTP purposes. In theory, you can dump them in any of your volumes or datasets but you may want to set aside a specific amount of storage space for them. Before Getting Startedīefore enabling the FTP service in FreeNAS, you’ll want to decide where to put your NSX backups. I’d definitely recommend giving it a read through as well. To get this configured, I found the FTP section of the FreeNAS 9.10 documentation to be very useful. I recently built a new FreeNAS 9.10 system and wanted to share some of my experiences getting NSX FTP backups going. FreeNAS is a very powerful storage solution and is quite popular with those running vSphere and NSX home labs.

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