Anyone ever find a resolution to this? I am encountering the same issue...
Ok.. I solved my own problem like 3 minutes after posting this..
I had disabled the"Datastore usage on Disk" alarm.
When I re-enabled it the Datastore status "unknown" issue was resolved.
Are your ESX servers running from the same datastore?
I don't know whether this might apply but have a look. http://communities.vmware.com/message/1293235#1293235
Hi,
Are you seeing the same issue reported in "http://communities.vmware.com/message/1293235#1293235". If not can you please update a screenshot (Sorry..I didn't understand what do you mean by "The datastore status icon on the vSphere server is showing unknown on vmfs volumes").
Thanks
Sudhish
Anyone ever find a resolution to this? I am encountering the same issue...
Ok.. I solved my own problem like 3 minutes after posting this..
I had disabled the"Datastore usage on Disk" alarm.
When I re-enabled it the Datastore status "unknown" issue was resolved.
Enabling the "Datastore usage on Disk" alarm on virtual center also corrected my issue. Thanks for the help.
Disabling and re-enabling that Alarm fix my issue as well. Thanks so much for the sharing of the new found feature.:D
Resolved my issue as well, thank you.
Yes !!
If you upgradet from 2.5 to 4.1 all EVA Datastores was in status unknown.
But the Datastore usage alarm was enabled wtf!
But....
1. go to the top of your Vcenter and choose on the right site on alarms and then definitions.
2. Search in the List Datastore Usage Alarm.
3. Disable the Alarm and klick ok.
4. Wait a minute or so.
5. Reenable the alarm.
6. Unknown host message is gone.
Ihad to add a new Definition since I could not find one with "Datastore Usage"
After this all OK.