Mount a Datastore with ESXCLI
Last Updated December 16, 2024

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>

List all volumes that have been detected as snapshots.

esxcli <conn_options> storage filesystem list

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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