Refs Drive unable to Access after Patching
Issue: After Patching a 2012 OS (VMWare) with ReFS File System Drive are not accessible and not able to access. Solution: vSphere Web Client : From a web browser, connect to the vSphere Web Client. Log in with Administrator credentials. Navigate to the virtual machine you want to modify. Power off the virtual machine. Right-click the virtual machine and select Edit Settings . Click the VM Options tab. Click Advanced > Edit Configuration . Either select Add Row , or enter the values directly into the provided fields at the bottom. Insert a new row with the name devices.hotplug and a value of false . Power on the virtual machine. Reference: Disabling the HotAdd/HotPlug capability in virtual machines (1012225) (vmware.com)