The esxcli storage filesystem commands support mounting and unmounting volumes. You can also specify whether to persist the mounted volumes across reboots by using the --no-persist option.

Use the esxcli storage filesystem command to list mounted volumes, mount new volumes, and unmount a volume. Specify one of the connection options listed in Connection Options for vCLI Host Management Commands in place of <conn_options>.

Procedure

  1. List all volumes that have been detected as snapshots. 
    esxcli <conn_options> storage filesystem list
  2. Run esxcli storage filesystem mount with the volume label or volume UUID. 
    esxcli <conn_options> storage filesystem volume mount --volume-label=<label>|--volume-uuid=<VMFS-UUID>
    Note: This command fails if the original copy is online.

What to do next

You can later run esxcli storage filesystem volume unmount to unmount the snapshot volume. 

esxcli <conn_options> storage filesystem volume unmount --volume-label=<label>|--volume-uuid=<VMFS-UUID>