Not too long ago I was setting up a test ESXi 6.0 environment on an Intel NUC, I found that I could not create a datastore using the vSphere user interface. The error: Call “HostDatastoreSystem.QueryVmfsDatastoreCreateOptions” for object “ha-datastoresystem” on ESXi failed. Since I was not able to get create it from the UI, I had to utilize my Google-fu and resort to the command line. Below are the steps needed to fix the issue.
Fix VMWare Call “HostDatastoreSystem.QueryVmfsDatastoreCreateOptions” for object “ha-datastoresystem” on ESXi failed
- Login to vSphere and navigate to configuration
- Click Security -> Properties -> SSH
- Click Options -> Start
- SSH into your host
- Navigate to /dev/disks directory
- List file (ls)
- Match the identifier with the datastore that you cant create in vSphere (Example: naa.6d4ae7608f873700762a910c5402c983)
- Type: partedUtil mklabel /dev/disks/naa.6d4ae7608f873700762a910c5402c983 msdos
- Exit SSH session
- Go back into vSphere and create the datastore
- Disable SSH service
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I hope this helped someone with their error: Call “HostDatastoreSystem.QueryVmfsDatastoreCreateOptions” for object “ha-datastoresystem” on ESXi failed. If you have any questions be sure to leave a comment below and I’ll do my best to respond.
