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windvally
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how to add the storage into Datastore with ESXcli?

I have added an iscsi LUN to ESXi host. I can see the device had been found . but I don't know how to add the storage into Datastore with ESXcli.

vi-admin@localhost:~[192.168.0.200]> esxcli storage core device list

naa.600140597d318d3dc4dfd3d6ad84f3d8

   Display Name: SYNOLOGY iSCSI Disk (naa.600140597d318d3dc4dfd3d6ad84f3d8)

   Has Settable Display Name: true

   Size: 33792

   Device Type: Direct-Access

   Multipath Plugin: NMP

   Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.600140597d318d3dc4dfd3d6ad84f3d8

   Vendor: SYNOLOGY

   Model: iSCSI Storage

   Revision: 3.1

   SCSI Level: 5

   Is Pseudo: false

   Status: degraded

   Is RDM Capable: true

   Is Local: false

   Is Removable: false

   Is SSD: false

   Is Offline: false

   Is Perennially Reserved: false

   Queue Full Sample Size: 0

   Queue Full Threshold: 0

   Thin Provisioning Status: unknown

   Attached Filters:

   VAAI Status: supported

   Other UIDs: vml.0200000000600140597d318d3dc4dfd3d6ad84f3d8695343534920

   Is Local SAS Device: false

   Is Boot USB Device: false

vi-admin@localhost:~[192.168.0.200]>

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LucD
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Thread moved to the vSphere Command-Line Interface community.


Blog: lucd.info  Twitter: @LucD22  Co-author PowerCLI Reference

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ssbkang
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So, do you want to create a VMDK in the VMFS Volume via esxcli?

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