This article will guide you on how to unmount, mount a datastore from Esxi console in case action taken from the GUI are not sufficient

Unmount/Mount Datastore from Esxcli

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Unmount/Mount Datastore from Esxcli
  • Step 1: Connect to Esxi console 
  • Step 2: List all datastores on the system
  • Step 3: Unmount the datastore 

Before taking any action, please remember to shut down and unregister possible VM's associated to the datastore on interest 

Step 1: Connect to Esxi console 

• To access Esxcli, you must connect trough ssh to the server. Remember to activate SSH service on ESXI host settings.

Step 2: List all datastores on the system

• esxcli storage nfs list

  
  

Step 3: Unmount the datastore 

After you listed the datastores registered on the system you can confirm the name of the one your interest to unmount using:

•  esxcli storage nfs remove -v <datastorename>

  
  

Step 4: Mount a datastore

In a scenario where the mount option is not available from GUI, you can work with the following to mount a datastore. Please reach our support team in case of errors

• esxcli storage nfs add -H <synetoOS_IP> -s <datastore_path> -v <datastore_name>

Know error:

If the output for the unmount process results in something similar to :

• "Sysinfo set operation VSI_MODULE_NODE_mnt_umount failed with error status Busy" 

  Please consider taking a look on the vmdk of the vm, it's mostly provable that the VM has vmdk shared with other datastores and vm's

In case the above information does not provide the output expected, please reach our support team for further assistance