The following procedure will help mount a VMFS volume from a LUN detected as a snapshot:
- Log in to the vCenter Server using the vSphere web client and use the key combination Ctrl + Alt + 2 to switch to the Host and Clusters view.
- Right click on the ESXi host the snapshot LUN is mapped to and go to Storage | New Datastore.
- On the New Datastore wizard, select VMFS as the filesystem type and click Next to continue.
- On the Name and device selection screen, select the LUN detected as a snapshot and click Next to continue:
- On the Mount option screen, choose to either mount by assigning a new signature or by keeping the existing ...