Troubleshoot missing datastore with VMware cluster

Owned by MS (Unlicensed)
May 03, 2022

Description of the issue

After a storage outage, this error appears every time the administrator tries to enable a datastore 

DATASTORE-10: The datastore cannot be enabled because it no longer exists on the target machine

Technical and functional details

In cluster mode, Abiquo will detect a datastore if:

  • Abiquo has read/write access
  • Maintenance mode is normal or not supplied


It is not a requirement that all hosts in the cluster must mount the datastore.

BUT on ALL hosts that mount the datastore, it must be correctly mounted: accessible, and configured with read write access


How to resolve this issue

Check the hosts in your cluster that mount the datastore and remove any inaccessible hosts from the cluster. 

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