ESXI cannot mount datastore because NFS share path is misconfigured
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- NFS
- ESXI
Issue
- ESXI tries and fails to mount datastore vol1
- In the
Provide NFS
mount details page, theNFS share
field is populated with a datastore url similar tods:///vmfs/volumes/11111-22222222/
- ESXI displays:
Failed to mount NFS datastore vol1 - Operation failed, diagnostics report: Mount failed: Unable to complete Sysinfo operation. Please see the VMkernel log for more details: The NFS server denied the mount request: VSI node (5001:)
- In the
- ESXI log says
NFS mount failed for 172.16.50.111:ds:///vmfs/volumes/11111-22222222/ volume vol1. Status: The mount request was denied by the NFS server. Check that the export exists and that the client is permitted to mount it.
- Packet trace shows that ONTAP replies to
MNT
Call withERR_NOENT