Datastore name already exists

[siu07jn]

Hi,

I have 3 hosts in my cluster and I'm trying to add a 4th. The host I'm trying to add was previously part of the cluster but it was removed a few weeks ago because it was being used someplace else. I've since reinstalled ESX and trying to re-add it to the cluster.

When I try and add an NFS datastore to the host named "NAS-Storage" it is added but automatically renamed to "NAS-Storage (1)", if I try and rename it without the (1) I get an error message....  "The name NAS-Storage already exists". The other 3 hosts are currently connected to the datastore with no problems.

How do I fix this?

I've tried restarting the host, restarting the Infastructure service and renaming the datastore on the other hosts to something else.

[maishsk · Accepted solution]

Welcome to the forums.

Make sure you are adding the datastore in with exactly the same name/IP and path name as those mounted on the other hosts

You can get the exact mount point by running

esxcfg-nas -l

Maish

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[siu07jn]

Damn, what a dumb mistake! I had the right IP but was putting an '/' before the folder name, whereas all the others didn't have this :smileycry:

All good now.

Thanks.