I have recently acquired a new Ryzen desktop based on the X370 chipset and its associated SATA controller. I was having problems in high I/O scenarios, so I tried to use an old SAS controller I had (Dell SAS 6/ir.) I attached my SATA hard drive to the SAS controller and it booted off the SATA hard drive fine. However, after booting the datastore was not available. The SAS HBA and the hard drive was visible, and I could view the partition layout of the drive. But nothing I did would allow me to access the old datastore. I eventually reconnected to the motherboard's onboard SATA controller, and my old VMs and datastore were once again available.
The fact that I can boot indicates that ESXi can access the hard drive, but something is preventing it from seeing the datastore after booting. Or maybe I'm missing a step in adding the datastore. Any suggestions?
Have the same issue every find a solution?
Show us a "esxcfg-volume -l" after you have boot ESXi and missing your Datastore.
Regards,
Joerg
This is most likely caused by the fact that ESXi detects an already known datastore on another controller.
In such cases the datastore will be detected as a Snapshot LUN. Please follow the steps in the "Command line" section fo https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1011387, which should allow you to persistently mount the datastore again.
André
BEFORE
[root@localhost:~] esxcli storage nmp device list
t10.ATA_____Samsung_SSD_860_EVO_500GB_______________S598NE0MA19023X_____
Device Display Name: Local ATA Disk (t10.ATA_____Samsung_SSD_860_EVO_500GB___ ____________S598NE0MA19023X_____)
Storage Array Type: VMW_SATP_LOCAL
Storage Array Type Device Config: SATP VMW_SATP_LOCAL does not support device configuration.
Path Selection Policy: VMW_PSP_FIXED
Path Selection Policy Device Config: {preferred=vmhba2:C0:T1:L0;current=vmhba 2:C0:T1:L0}
Path Selection Policy Device Custom Config:
Working Paths: vmhba2:C0:T1:L0
Is USB: false
t10.ATA_____WDC_WD1003FBYX2D01Y7B1________________________WD2DWCAW33731585
Device Display Name: Local ATA Disk (t10.ATA_____WDC_WD1003FBYX2D01Y7B1______ __________________WD2DWCAW33731585)
Storage Array Type: VMW_SATP_LOCAL
Storage Array Type Device Config: SATP VMW_SATP_LOCAL does not support device configuration.
Path Selection Policy: VMW_PSP_FIXED
Path Selection Policy Device Config: {preferred=vmhba0:C0:T5:L0;current=vmhba 0:C0:T5:L0}
Path Selection Policy Device Custom Config:
Working Paths: vmhba0:C0:T5:L0
Is USB: false
t10.ATA_____Samsung_SSD_860_EVO_500GB_______________S598NE0M870376J_____
Device Display Name: Local ATA Disk (t10.ATA_____Samsung_SSD_860_EVO_500GB___ ____________S598NE0M870376J_____)
Storage Array Type: VMW_SATP_LOCAL
Storage Array Type Device Config: SATP VMW_SATP_LOCAL does not support device configuration.
Path Selection Policy: VMW_PSP_FIXED
Path Selection Policy Device Config: {preferred=vmhba2:C0:T0:L0;current=vmhba 2:C0:T0:L0}
Path Selection Policy Device Custom Config:
Working Paths: vmhba2:C0:T0:L0
Is USB: false
t10.ATA_____WDC_WD1001FALS2D00J7B0________________________WD2DWMATV0409523
Device Display Name: Local ATA Disk (t10.ATA_____WDC_WD1001FALS2D00J7B0______ __________________WD2DWMATV0409523)
Storage Array Type: VMW_SATP_LOCAL
Storage Array Type Device Config: SATP VMW_SATP_LOCAL does not support device configuration.
Path Selection Policy: VMW_PSP_FIXED
Path Selection Policy Device Config: {preferred=vmhba0:C0:T4:L0;current=vmhba 0:C0:T4:L0}
Path Selection Policy Device Custom Config:
Working Paths: vmhba0:C0:T4:L0
Is USB: false
t10.ATA_____WDC_WD30EFRX2D68EUZN0_________________________WD2DWCC4N6DVYS7H
Device Display Name: Local ATA Disk (t10.ATA_____WDC_WD30EFRX2D68EUZN0_______ __________________WD2DWCC4N6DVYS7H)
Storage Array Type: VMW_SATP_LOCAL
Storage Array Type Device Config: SATP VMW_SATP_LOCAL does not support device configuration.
Path Selection Policy: VMW_PSP_FIXED
Path Selection Policy Device Config: {preferred=vmhba0:C0:T3:L0;current=vmhba 0:C0:T3:L0}
Path Selection Policy Device Custom Config:
Working Paths: vmhba0:C0:T3:L0
Is USB: false
t10.ATA_____WDC_WD30EFRX2D68AX9N0_________________________WD2DWMC1T3457648
Device Display Name: Local ATA Disk (t10.ATA_____WDC_WD30EFRX2D68AX9N0_______ __________________WD2DWMC1T3457648)
Storage Array Type: VMW_SATP_LOCAL
Storage Array Type Device Config: SATP VMW_SATP_LOCAL does not support device configuration.
Path Selection Policy: VMW_PSP_FIXED
Path Selection Policy Device Config: {preferred=vmhba0:C0:T2:L0;current=vmhba 0:C0:T2:L0}
Path Selection Policy Device Custom Config:
Working Paths: vmhba0:C0:T2:L0
Is USB: false
mpx.vmhba2:C0:T7:L0
Device Display Name: Local Marvell Processor (mpx.vmhba2:C0:T7:L0)
Storage Array Type: VMW_SATP_LOCAL
Storage Array Type Device Config: SATP VMW_SATP_LOCAL does not support device configuration.
Path Selection Policy: VMW_PSP_FIXED
Path Selection Policy Device Config: {preferred=vmhba2:C0:T7:L0;current=vmhba 2:C0:T7:L0}
Path Selection Policy Device Custom Config:
Working Paths: vmhba2:C0:T7:L0
Is USB: false
[root@localhost:~]
AFTER
[root@localhost:~] esxcli storage nmp device list
naa.5002538e0987c7b8
Device Display Name: Local ATA Disk (naa.5002538e0987c7b8)
Storage Array Type: VMW_SATP_LOCAL
Storage Array Type Device Config: SATP VMW_SATP_LOCAL does not support device configuration.
Path Selection Policy: VMW_PSP_FIXED
Path Selection Policy Device Config: {preferred=vmhba3:C0:T1:L0;current=vmhba 3:C0:T1:L0}
Path Selection Policy Device Custom Config:
Working Paths: vmhba3:C0:T1:L0
Is USB: false
t10.ATA_____WDC_WD1003FBYX2D01Y7B1________________________WD2DWCAW33731585
Device Display Name: Local ATA Disk (t10.ATA_____WDC_WD1003FBYX2D01Y7B1______ __________________WD2DWCAW33731585)
Storage Array Type: VMW_SATP_LOCAL
Storage Array Type Device Config: SATP VMW_SATP_LOCAL does not support device configuration.
Path Selection Policy: VMW_PSP_FIXED
Path Selection Policy Device Config: {preferred=vmhba0:C0:T5:L0;current=vmhba 0:C0:T5:L0}
Path Selection Policy Device Custom Config:
Working Paths: vmhba0:C0:T5:L0
Is USB: false
t10.ATA_____WDC_WD1001FALS2D00J7B0________________________WD2DWMATV0409523
Device Display Name: Local ATA Disk (t10.ATA_____WDC_WD1001FALS2D00J7B0______ __________________WD2DWMATV0409523)
Storage Array Type: VMW_SATP_LOCAL
Storage Array Type Device Config: SATP VMW_SATP_LOCAL does not support device configuration.
Path Selection Policy: VMW_PSP_FIXED
Path Selection Policy Device Config: {preferred=vmhba0:C0:T4:L0;current=vmhba 0:C0:T4:L0}
Path Selection Policy Device Custom Config:
Working Paths: vmhba0:C0:T4:L0
Is USB: false
t10.ATA_____WDC_WD30EFRX2D68EUZN0_________________________WD2DWCC4N6DVYS7H
Device Display Name: Local ATA Disk (t10.ATA_____WDC_WD30EFRX2D68EUZN0_______ __________________WD2DWCC4N6DVYS7H)
Storage Array Type: VMW_SATP_LOCAL
Storage Array Type Device Config: SATP VMW_SATP_LOCAL does not support device configuration.
Path Selection Policy: VMW_PSP_FIXED
Path Selection Policy Device Config: {preferred=vmhba0:C0:T3:L0;current=vmhba 0:C0:T3:L0}
Path Selection Policy Device Custom Config:
Working Paths: vmhba0:C0:T3:L0
Is USB: false
t10.ATA_____WDC_WD30EFRX2D68AX9N0_________________________WD2DWMC1T3457648
Device Display Name: Local ATA Disk (t10.ATA_____WDC_WD30EFRX2D68AX9N0_______ __________________WD2DWMC1T3457648)
Storage Array Type: VMW_SATP_LOCAL
Storage Array Type Device Config: SATP VMW_SATP_LOCAL does not support device configuration.
Path Selection Policy: VMW_PSP_FIXED
Path Selection Policy Device Config: {preferred=vmhba0:C0:T2:L0;current=vmhba 0:C0:T2:L0}
Path Selection Policy Device Custom Config:
Working Paths: vmhba0:C0:T2:L0
Is USB: false
mpx.vmhba2:C0:T7:L0
Device Display Name: Local Marvell Processor (mpx.vmhba2:C0:T7:L0)
Storage Array Type: VMW_SATP_LOCAL
Storage Array Type Device Config: SATP VMW_SATP_LOCAL does not support device configuration.
Path Selection Policy: VMW_PSP_FIXED
Path Selection Policy Device Config: {preferred=vmhba2:C0:T7:L0;current=vmhba 2:C0:T7:L0}
Path Selection Policy Device Custom Config:
Working Paths: vmhba2:C0:T7:L0
Is USB: false
naa.5002538e09a5b145
Device Display Name: Local ATA Disk (naa.5002538e09a5b145)
Storage Array Type: VMW_SATP_LOCAL
Storage Array Type Device Config: SATP VMW_SATP_LOCAL does not support device configuration.
Path Selection Policy: VMW_PSP_FIXED
Path Selection Policy Device Config: {preferred=vmhba3:C0:T0:L0;current=vmhba 3:C0:T0:L0}
Path Selection Policy Device Custom Config:
Working Paths: vmhba3:C0:T0:L0
Is USB: false
You might be right
[root@localhost:~] esxcli storage vmfs snapshot list
5de02723-f5fbeed7-0db2-d05099c1959d
Volume Name: datastore1
VMFS UUID: 5de02723-f5fbeed7-0db2-d05099c1959d
Can mount: true
Reason for un-mountability:
Can resignature: true
Reason for non-resignaturability:
Unresolved Extent Count: 1
5dfd3627-a0ad262b-bf8e-d05099c1959d
Volume Name: datastore2
VMFS UUID: 5dfd3627-a0ad262b-bf8e-d05099c1959d
Can mount: true
Reason for un-mountability:
Can resignature: true
Reason for non-resignaturability:
Unresolved Extent Count: 1
That worked thankyou!!!