vSphere Storage - ESXi 5.1 - Documentation - VMware
vSphere Storage - ESXi 5.1 - Documentation - VMware
vSphere Storage - ESXi 5.1 - Documentation - VMware
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3 In the Inventory panel, choose Datastores.<br />
4 Select the datacenter containing the datastores to group.<br />
5 In the shortcut menu, click the New Folder icon.<br />
6 Give the folder a descriptive name.<br />
7 Click and drag each datastore onto the folder.<br />
Unmount VMFS or NFS Datastores<br />
When you unmount a datastore, it remains intact, but can no longer be seen from the hosts that you specify.<br />
The datastore continues to appear on other hosts, where it remains mounted.<br />
Do not perform any configuration operations that might result in I/O to the datastore while the unmount is in<br />
progress.<br />
NOTE <strong>vSphere</strong> HA heartbeating does not prevent you from unmounting the datastore. However, if a datastore<br />
is used for heartbeating, unmounting it might cause the host to fail and restart any active virtual machine.<br />
Prerequisites<br />
Before unmounting a VMFS datastores, make sure that the following prerequisites are met:<br />
n No virtual machines reside on the datastore.<br />
n The datastore is not part of a datastore cluster.<br />
n The datastore is not managed by <strong>Storage</strong> DRS.<br />
n <strong>Storage</strong> I/O control is disabled for this datastore.<br />
n The datastore is not used for <strong>vSphere</strong> HA heartbeating.<br />
Browse to Datastores in the <strong>vSphere</strong> Web Client navigator. See “Display Datastore Information in the <strong>vSphere</strong><br />
Web Client,” on page 23.<br />
Procedure<br />
1 Right-click the datastore to unmount and select Unmount Datastore.<br />
2 If the datastore is shared, specify which hosts should no longer access the datastore.<br />
3 Confirm that you want to unmount the datastore.<br />
After you unmount a VMFS datastore, the datastore is marked as inactive.<br />
What to do next<br />
If you unmounted the VMFS datastore as a part of an orderly storage removal procedure, you can now detach<br />
the storage device that is backing the datastore.<br />
Mount VMFS Datastores<br />
You can mount an unmounted VMFS datastore.<br />
Prerequisites<br />
Chapter 17 Working with Datastores<br />
Browse to Datastores in the <strong>vSphere</strong> Web Client navigator. See “Display Datastore Information in the <strong>vSphere</strong><br />
Web Client,” on page 23.<br />
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