# Adding NFS Pools

Before adding an NFS Pool, ensure your NFS target is configured as described in the previous section. With configuration complete, follow the steps below:

1. Navigate to Infrastructure > Clusters
2. Select the desired HVM Cluster
3. Click into the Storage tab and then the Data Stores subtab
4. Click ADD
5. From the ADD DATA STORE modal, configure the following:

   1. **NAME:** An identifiable name for the datastore in the UI
   2. **TYPE:** NFS Pool
   3. **SOURCE HOST:** The NFS server name or IP address
   4. **SOURCE DIRECTORY:** The path of the exported NFS share
   5. **VERSION:** Either 3 or 4 depending on the NFS version running on the source server
   6. **IMAGE TARGET:** Marked if this datastore should be used as a storage location for virtual images
6. Click Save

![The add datastore modal for NFS-type datastores](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00007735en_us/GUID-D53B7324-222A-4953-9222-824F49846CB0-high.png)

At this point the HVM manager will automatically mount the NFS share on all hosts within the cluster. It will also handle setting various other options such as autostart and management of mountpoint for the share within the host filesystem.
