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kikcorp
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‎05-11-2012 09:09 PM

No datastores have been configured

Hi All

I have a big problem with vmware esxi 4.0.0 build 193498

After several years of work, yesterday it will be crashed after rebooting i see the error message "No datastores have been configured" in vSphere client

I see a disk in devices, but when i try to add new datastore client say that datastore must be reformated!

What should I do?

Sorry for my english ...

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a_p_
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‎05-12-2012 02:26 AM

Welcome to the Community,

the first step is to check the log files to find out the cause of this issue. Maybe the solution is as simple as force mounting the VMFS datastore from the command line as explained in e.g. http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1011387

André

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kikcorp
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‎05-12-2012 02:45 AM

Hi André

In fdisk -l i see the lost datastore but esxcfg-volume -l do not display any datastorage...

I'm read this article http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1011387 and more else and none of them does not help...

When i try to repeat http://www.demitasse.co.nz/wordpress2/2009/08/recovering-a-deleted-vmfs-datastore/ i have error "no space available for new partition"...

How to force mount existing VMFS partition to datastore ?

Please help....

~ # fdisk -l
Disk /dev/disks/mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0: 293.3 GB, 293381079040 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 279790 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
                          Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks  Id System
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0p1             5       900    917504    5  Extended
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0p2           901      4995   4193280    6  FAT16
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0p3          4996    279790 281390080   fb  VMFS
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0p4   *         1         4      4080    4  FAT16 <32M
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0p5             5       254    255984    6  FAT16
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0p6           255       504    255984    6  FAT16
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0p7           505       614    112624   fc  VMKcore
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0p8           615       900    292848    6  FAT16
Partition table entries are not in disk order
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~ # esxcfg-volume -l
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  • [2012-05-12 09:32:51.207 4583DB90 error 'App'] Error adding Target:key-vim.host.PlugStoreTopology.Target-pscsi.0:0 Path:pscsi.vmhba0-pscsi.0:0-mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0 Device:0000000000766d686261303a303a30 to ScsiTopology. Msg: vim.fault.AlreadyExists
  • [2012-05-12 09:32:51.208 4583DB90 error 'App'] Error adding Target:key-vim.host.PlugStoreTopology.Target-pscsi.0:0 Path:pscsi.vmhba0-pscsi.0:0-mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0 Device:0000000000766d686261303a303a30 to ScsiTopology. Msg: vim.fault.AlreadyExists
  • [2012-05-12 09:32:51.260 4577AB90 error 'App'] Error adding Target:key-vim.host.PlugStoreTopology.Target-pscsi.0:0 Path:pscsi.vmhba0-pscsi.0:0-mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0 Device:0000000000766d686261303a303a30 to ScsiTopology. Msg: vim.fault.AlreadyExists
  • [2012-05-12 09:32:51.260 4577AB90 error 'App'] Error adding Target:key-vim.host.PlugStoreTopology.Target-pscsi.0:0 Path:pscsi.vmhba0-pscsi.0:0-mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0 Device:0000000000766d686261303a303a30 to ScsiTopology. Msg: vim.fault.AlreadyExists
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‎05-12-2012 03:06 AM

The command for the "force mount" is explained in the KB article I mentioned. If you remember the datastore name you could try e.g.

esxcfg-volume -M "Datastore1"

André

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kikcorp
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‎05-12-2012 03:14 AM

I've tried to do this, but without success

~ # esxcfg-volume -l
~ # esxcfg-volume -M "datastore1"
No matching volume datastore1 found!
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kikcorp
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‎05-12-2012 04:29 AM

Hi all, do you have any thoughts about this situation?
It's very critical :((
Thank you in advance...
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kikcorp
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‎05-14-2012 12:16 AM

It's very urgently, please help...

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john23
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‎05-14-2012 01:27 AM

can you check vmkernel messages ..while running the command esxcfg-volume -r /vmfs/devices/<vmfs partition>

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john23
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‎05-14-2012 02:08 AM

check lvmdriver is loaded or not ;esxcfg-module -l

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kikcorp
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‎05-14-2012 03:15 AM

Hi John23

Yes, lmvdriver is loaded

lvmdriver           0x4180008a9000    0x10000       0x417fc1822ec0    0x4000        22    Yes

Full response of esxcfg-module -l

~ # esxcfg-module -l
Name                R/O Addr          Length        R/W Addr          Length        ID    Loaded
vmkernel            0x418000400000    0x29d365      0x0               0x0           0     Yes
procfs              0x41800077d000    0x3000        0x417fc17b97a0    0x1000        1     Yes
vmklinux            0x418000780000    0x64000       0x417fc17baac0    0x31000       2     Yes
random              0x4180007e4000    0x3000        0x417fc17f4bc0    0x4000        3     Yes
usb                 0x4180007e7000    0x17000       0x417fc17fac60    0x2000        4     Yes
ehci-hcd            0x4180007fe000    0x8000        0x417fc17fcf40    0x1000        5     Yes
usb-uhci            0x418000806000    0x5000        0x417fc17f93a0    0x1000        6     Yes
hid                 0x41800080b000    0x5000        0x417fc17b7120    0x1000        7     Yes
dm                  0x418000810000    0x2000        0x417fc1800b30    0x1000        8     Yes
nmp                 0x418000812000    0x18000       0x417fc1801b40    0x2000        9     Yes
vmw_satp_local      0x41800082a000    0x1000        0x417fc1803b50    0x1000        a     Yes
vmw_satp_default_aa 0x41800082b000    0x1000        0x417fc1804b60    0x1000        b     Yes
vmw_satp_alua       0x41800082c000    0x4000        0x417fc1805ba0    0x1000        c     Yes
vmw_psp_fixed       0x418000830000    0x2000        0x417fc1806bc0    0x1000        d     Yes
libata              0x418000832000    0x15000       0x417fc180b880    0x2000        e     Yes
usb-storage         0x418000847000    0xb000        0x417fc180da00    0x4000        f     Yes
vfat                0x418000852000    0x8000        0x417fc1811d00    0x1000        10    Yes
mask_path_plugin    0x41800085a000    0x1000        0x417fc1807bd0    0x1000        11    Yes
vmw_satp_cx         0x41800085b000    0x6000        0x417fc1808be0    0x1000        12    Yes
vmw_satp_default_ap 0x418000861000    0x2000        0x417fc1809bf0    0x1000        13    Yes
vmw_satp_eva        0x418000863000    0x2000        0x417fc1812d20    0x1000        14    Yes
vmw_satp_lsi        0x418000865000    0x4000        0x417fc1813d60    0x1000        15    Yes
vmw_satp_symm       0x418000869000    0x1000        0x417fc1814d80    0x1000        16    Yes
vmw_satp_inv        0x41800086a000    0x4000        0x417fc1815d90    0x1000        17    Yes
vmw_satp_eql        0x41800086e000    0x1000        0x417fc1816da0    0x1000        18    Yes
vmw_satp_msa        0x41800086f000    0x1000        0x417fc1817db0    0x1000        19    Yes
vmw_satp_svc        0x418000870000    0x1000        0x417fc1818dc0    0x1000        1a    Yes
vmw_satp_alua_cx    0x418000871000    0x3000        0x417fc1819dd0    0x1000        1b    Yes
vmw_psp_rr          0x418000874000    0x3000        0x417fc181ade0    0x1000        1c    Yes
vmw_psp_mru         0x418000877000    0x2000        0x417fc181bdf0    0x1000        1d    Yes
igb                 0x418000879000    0x16000       0x417fc181ce00    0x1000        1e    Yes
iscsi_trans         0x41800088f000    0x7000        0x417fc181de40    0x2000        1f    Yes
iscsi_linux         0x418000896000    0x1000        0x417fc181fe60    0x1000        20    Yes
aacraid             0x418000897000    0x12000       0x417fc1820ea0    0x2000        21    Yes
lvmdriver           0x4180008a9000    0x10000       0x417fc1822ec0    0x4000        22    Yes
deltadisk           0x4180008b9000    0x8000        0x417fc1826f00    0x1000        23    Yes
multiextent         0x4180008c1000    0x2000        0x417fc1827f20    0x1000        24    Yes
dvsdev              0x4180008c3000    0x2000        0x417fc1828f60    0x1000        25    Yes
etherswitch         0x4180008c5000    0x22000       0x417fc1829f80    0x9000        26    Yes
hub                 0x4180008e7000    0x1000        0x417fc1832fc0    0x1000        27    Yes
shaper              0x4180008e8000    0x4000        0x417fc1833fe0    0x1000        28    Yes
cdp                 0x4180008ec000    0xc000        0x417fc1835020    0x8000        29    Yes
tcpip2              0x4180008f8000    0x53000       0x417fc183d040    0x11000       2a    Yes
vmfs2               0x41800094b000    0xf000        0x417fc1850bc0    0x11000       2b    Yes
dvfilter            0x41800095a000    0xc000        0x417fc1862b00    0x1000        2c    Yes
vmfs3               0x418000966000    0x39000       0x417fc1863f60    0x1000        2d    Yes
nfsclient           0x41800099f000    0x14000       0x417fc1864f80    0x2000        2e    Yes
ipmi_msghandler     0x4180009b3000    0x9000        0x417fc18688c0    0x1000        2f    Yes
ipmi_si_drv         0x4180009bc000    0x9000        0x417fc18698e0    0x1000        30    Yes
ipmi_devintf        0x4180009c5000    0x3000        0x417fc186a920    0x1000        31    Yes
vmci                0x4180009c8000    0x19000       0x417fc186b940    0x1000        32    Yes
vmkstatelogger      0x4180009e1000    0x19000       0x417fc186c980    0x2000        33    Yes
migrate             0x4180009fa000    0x23000       0x417fc186e9a0    0x3000        34    Yes
cbt                 0x418000a1d000    0x2000        0x417fc18719e0    0x1000        35    Yes
vtd                 0x418000a1f000    0x5000        0x417fc1872a00    0x1000        36    Yes
tcpip2v6            N/A             N/A         N/A             N/A         N/A   No
~ #
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kikcorp
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‎05-14-2012 03:20 AM

What is correct  <vmfs partition> name, please see bellow log of fdisck and ls command...

When i try execute esxcfg-volume -r /dev/disks/mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0p3

~ # esxcfg-volume -r /dev/disks/mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0p3

No matching volume /dev/disks/mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0p3 found!

# ls /vmfs/
/vmfs/devices/  /vmfs/volumes/
~ # ls /vmfs/devices/
aac          deltadisks   genscsi      lvm          ptyp1        ptyp6        tty2         ttyp4        usb0101      usb0502      vmfscontrol  zero
cbt          disks        input        multiextent  ptyp2        ptyp7        ttyp0        ttyp5        usb0201      usb0601      vmnic0
cdp          dvsdev       ipmi0        null         ptyp3        random       ttyp1        ttyp6        usb0301      usb0701      vmnic1
char         generic      keymap       port         ptyp4        tty          ttyp2        ttyp7        usb0401      usb0702      vprobe
console      genide       klog         ptyp0        ptyp5        tty1         ttyp3        urandom      usb0501      usb0801      vsock
~ # ls /vmfs/devices/disks/
mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0                   mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0:5                 vml.0000000000766d686261303a303a30:1  vml.0000000000766d686261303a303a30:6
mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0:1                 mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0:6                 vml.0000000000766d686261303a303a30:2  vml.0000000000766d686261303a303a30:7
mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0:2                 mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0:7                 vml.0000000000766d686261303a303a30:3  vml.0000000000766d686261303a303a30:8
mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0:3                 mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0:8                 vml.0000000000766d686261303a303a30:4
mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0:4                 vml.0000000000766d686261303a303a30    vml.0000000000766d686261303a303a30:5
~ # fdisk -l
Disk /dev/disks/mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0: 293.3 GB, 293381079040 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 279790 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
                          Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks  Id System
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0p1             5       900    917504    5  Extended
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0p2           901      4995   4193280    6  FAT16
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0p3          4996    279790 281390080   fb  VMFS
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0p4   *         1         4      4080    4  FAT16 <32M
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0p5             5       254    255984    6  FAT16
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0p6           255       504    255984    6  FAT16
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0p7           505       614    112624   fc  VMKcore
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0p8           615       900    292848    6  FAT16
Partition table entries are not in disk order
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iw123
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‎05-14-2012 04:38 AM

What do you see when you browse to /vmfs/volumes  ? 

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kikcorp
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‎05-14-2012 04:51 AM

Hi iw123

~ # ls /vmfs/volumes/ -lh
drwxr-xr-x    1 root     root            8 Jan  1  1970 4ae73329-dfcc9ce2-a127-001517b4fde1
l---------    0 root     root         1.9k Jan  1  1970 Hypervisor1 -> a11a167d-43ef9da0-243d-87ac55227dc5
l---------    0 root     root         1.9k Jan  1  1970 Hypervisor2 -> cd0e0276-c5c74c28-9d6d-8324e57ced3a
l---------    0 root     root         1.9k Jan  1  1970 Hypervisor3 -> c2a427e4-2d317086-fef9-b5750d88536c
drwxr-xr-x    1 root     root            8 Jan  1  1970 a11a167d-43ef9da0-243d-87ac55227dc5
drwxr-xr-x    1 root     root            8 Jan  1  1970 c2a427e4-2d317086-fef9-b5750d88536c
drwxr-xr-x    1 root     root            8 Jan  1  1970 cd0e0276-c5c74c28-9d6d-8324e57ced3a
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iw123
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‎05-14-2012 04:56 AM

Thanks. Can you remember the datastore label for the missing datastore? Was this store located on local storage ?

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kikcorp
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‎05-14-2012 05:00 AM

Yes, i remember, it name is datastore1 it has been located on local storage.

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