Managing VMFS Volumes

Different commands are available for listing, mounting, and unmounting VMFS volumes and for listing, mounting, and unmounting VMFS snapshot volumes.

• Managing VMFS volumes

  esxcli storage filesystem list shows all volumes, mounted and unmounted, that are resolved, that is, that are not snapshot volumes.

  esxcli storage filesystem unmount unmounts a currently mounted filesystem. Use this command for snapshot volumes or resolved volumes.

• Managing snapshot volumes

  esxcli storage vmfs snapshot commands can be used for listing, mounting, and resignaturing snapshot volumes. See Mounting Datastores with Existing Signatures and Resignaturing VMFS Copies.