How to check the NFS version of an NFS datastore

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

This article explains how to determine NFS datastore version 3 vs 4.1

Environment

VMware ESXi

Resolution

To check, follow these steps:

1. SSH into ESXi
2. Execute the following command:

・esxcli storage nfs list
* The datastore output from this command is version 3.

・esxcli storage nfs41 list
* The datastore output from this command is version 4.1.