Linux Vmfs Recovery «2024»

If the datastore resides on a hardware RAID passed through as a single disk, skip. For software RAID (e.g., failed ESXi software RAID):

sudo fdisk -l

| Do | Don't | |----|-------| | Use -o ro (read-only) always | Never run fsck or vmfs-fuse with write | | Clone disk with ddrescue first | Do not mount if hardware errors are present | | Verify checksums after copy | Avoid using older vmfs-tools on VMFS6 | | Work on a copy of the LUN | Do not rebuild ESXi with the original disk connected | linux vmfs recovery