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TommyV172
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‎11-07-2007 10:05 AM

ESX 3.02 Default DataStore unavailable

First time installation -- I have a HP DL380-G5 server with 3 - 72GB SAS drives, setup as raid 1+ 0 with a spare. After installation and accepting all defaults. I connect throuh the VI Client, I click on the configuration tab, storage link -- and I show no datastores. If I try to add storage, I see the partition in the datastore area reports it as unavailable.

During an install on a different server -- DL380-G3 with scsi drives, I am able to see this partition and access the datastore.

Any Ideas??

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Dave_Mishchenko
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‎11-07-2007 10:12 AM

You may want to create the data store manually. I've had a few installs that have had a similar problem. On your system you may need to update the references to sda and vmhba0:0:0:10 to match the setup of your system.

FDISK - creating a new disk with VMKFSTOOLS

Run fdisk -l to see devices

Run fdisk /dev/sda

If you have to add a VMFS - create the partition (n) then change the type (t) to fb. Then (w) save the changes.

Check fdisk /dev/sda again and list partitions (p) - it should list as fb.

If so , exit and run vmkfstools -C -S "datastore_name" /vmfs/devices/disks/vmhba0:0:0:10

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