Remounting VMFS volumes after transition using the ESXi CLI
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After transition, you can use the ESXi CLI to remount your volumes and bring your datastores and VMs to their pretransition states.
The original 7-Mode LUN must be unmapped or offline.
These steps apply to volumes and spanned volumes.
Steps
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Log in to the ESXi console using SSH.
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List the newly added LUNs with existing VMFS signatures and VMFS labels:
# esxcfg-volume -l
The following is an example of the LUNs listed with VMFS signatures and VMFS labels.
# esxcfg-volume -l VMFS UUID/label: 53578567-5b5c363e-21bb-001ec9d631cb/datastore1 Can mount: Yes Can resignature: Yes Extent name: naa.600a098054314c6c445d446f79716475:1 range: 0 - 409599 (MB)
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Remount the VMFS volumes persistently with the same signature:
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For regular volumes:
esxcfg-volume -M|--persistent-mount VMFS UUID|label
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For spanned volumes:
# esxcfg-volume -M vmfs-span-ds
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