Un-Mounting Datastore from a Host

Un-mounting a Datastore from the Esxi Host

1. Obtaining the NAA ID of the LUN to be removed

This can be obtanined by the Property window of the Datastore

esx05-->configuration-->storage-->Hus-VM-FC04-->naa.<---------------------------01>

we can also get this from the command prompt

# esxcli storage vmfs extent list

2.in the Configuration tab of the ESXi host, click Storage. Right-click the datastore Hus-VM-FC04 being removed, and click Unmount.

3. Right-click the NAA ID of the LUN (as noted above) and click Detach.

4.A Confirm Device Unmount window is displayed. When the prerequisite criteria have been passed, click OK.

5. Verify the lun was ditached successfully

6..Confirm if the LUN is successfully detached

7. Perform a re scan on on all esxi host that the lun was visible to

Thanks and Reagrds,

Nithyanathan R