How to unmount/mount datastores in VMware ESXi

Written By Christian Castagna (Administrator)

Updated at October 24th, 2024

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Unmount a datastore Mount a datastore

→ Applies to: VMware ESXi 6.5 and above

Unmount a datastore

Step 1. Connect to VMware ESXi CLI (via SSH)

Step 2. List all available datastores to identify the one you want to unmount

esxcli storage nfs list

Step 3. Unmount the datastore (replace <datastore_name> with your datastore name)

esxcfg-nas -d <datastore_name>

Step 4. List the filesystem to ensure the datastore is unmounted

esxcli storage filesystem list

Step 1. Connect to VMware ESXi CLI (via SSH)

Step 2. Mount the datastore (replace <synetoOS_IP>,<datastore_path> and <datastore_name> with the correct information)

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

Step 3. List the filesystem to ensure the datastore is mounted

esxcli storage filesystem list