VMware vSphere SDKs and Tools 8.0

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Mount a Datastore with ESXCLI

The
esxcli storage filesystem
 commands support mounting and unmounting volumes. You can also specify whether to persist the mounted volumes across reboots by using the
--no-persist
 option.
Use the
esxcli storage filesystem
 command to list mounted volumes, mount new volumes, and unmount a volume. Specify one of the connection options listed in Connection Options for ESXCLI Host Management Commands in place of
<conn_options>
.
  1. List all volumes that have been detected as snapshots. 
    esxcli <conn_options> storage filesystem list
  2. Run
    esxcli storage filesystem mount
     with the volume label or volume UUID. 
    esxcli <conn_options> storage filesystem volume mount --volume-label=<label>|--volume-uuid=<VMFS-UUID>
    This command fails if the original copy is online.
You can later run
esxcli storage filesystem volume unmount
 to unmount the snapshot volume. 
esxcli <conn_options> storage filesystem volume unmount --volume-label=<label>|--volume-uuid=<VMFS-UUID>

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