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Datastores are showing Inaccessible

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Article ID: 394925

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Products

VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

After replacing the backend core switch, ESXI hosts are unable to connect to NFS storage.

Environment

ESXi 7.X

ESXi 8.X

Cause

  •   No network connectivity  between esxi host and storage
  •   Network ping is not working between esxi host IP and storage IP with  vmkping command

Resolution

  • suggested to troubleshooting at network level.
  • Command used to identify vmkernel  is esxcfg-vmknic -l
  • command use to check connectivity is vmkping -I vmk# ##.##.##.##
  • Please refer kb 323107