Vmfs Partition: Data Recovery

This guide walks you through the actual process of recovering a lost VMFS partition—no magic wands required. When ESXi cannot detect a VMFS datastore, it will often offer to "Create a new datastore" on the LUN or disk.

esxcli storage vmfs snapshot list Then mount manually: data recovery vmfs partition

partedUtil get /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6000c29... A healthy VMFS partition looks like: 1 2048 4294967294 AA31E02A400F11DB9590000C2911D1B8 0 This guide walks you through the actual process

Instead, take a deep breath and follow the steps below. SSH into your ESXi host and run: naa.6000c29... ). Then check partition info:

ls /vmfs/devices/disks/ Look for your device (e.g., naa.6000c29... ). Then check partition info: