Datastore shows inaccessible on vcenter inventory
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Datastore shows inaccessible on vcenter inventory

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Article ID: 397937

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Products

VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

This KB outlines the steps to mount  volume/VMFS Datastore on vcenter inventory

Environment

VMware ESXi 6.x
VMware ESXi 7.x
VMware ESXi 8.x

Cause

Accidentally unmounted datastore from vcenter inventory

Resolution

From  Vcenter UI perform following steps to mount datastore

  • Navigate to the datastore.
  • Right-click the datastore to mount and select the following options:"Mount Datastore"
  • Whether you see one or another option depends on the type of datastore you use.
  • Select the hosts that should access the datastore and click "OK"



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