copying data from old datastore on to new ESXi

 This is how I copied data from an ESXi datastore on an old m2 ssd to a new ESXi machine:

1. Put the SSD into a USB adaptor
   
   
2. Plugged into new ESXi
   
   
3. Enabled SSH/ESXCLI
   
   
4. Used PuTTY to log into EXSi server
   
   
5. /etc/init.d/usbarbitrator stop
   
   
6. Obtain the UUID of VMFS partition using
esxcli storage vmfs snapshot list


7. then mount it using
esxcli storage vmfs snapshot mount -u <UUID>


8. then log into ESXi GUI and copy files across
   

 

Thanks to:

• http://woshub.com/mount-usb-flash-drive-vmware-esxi/
  
  
• https://serverfault.com/questions/998817/mount-vmfs-partition-in-esxi