Recover: Vmfs 5 Datastore [work]

voma -m vmfs -f check -d /dev/disks/naa.xxxxxx:1

vmfs-fuse /dev/sdb /mnt/recover -o ro This allows read-only mounting of VMFS 5. voma is the primary native tool for diagnosing and fixing VMFS corruption. recover vmfs 5 datastore

| Tool | Capability | |------|-------------| | | Scans entire LUN, rebuilds VMFS 5 structures, recovers files/folders. | | UFS Explorer Professional | VMFS 5/6 support, RAID reconstruction, deleted VM recovery. | | Stellar Data Recovery for VMware | Quick and deep scan for VMFS volumes. | voma -m vmfs -f check -d /dev/disks/naa

esxcli storage vmfs snapshot resignature -l <original_label> Or mount as snapshot: | | UFS Explorer Professional | VMFS 5/6

partedUtil set /dev/disks/naa.xxxxxx 1 2048 <end_sector> aa31e02a400f11db9590000c2911d1b8 0 Where aa31... is the VMFS partition GUID. The end sector is total sectors minus 1 (e.g., getptbl can show max sector). On a Linux recovery host with vmfs-tools :

| Structure | Sector offset (relative to partition start) | |-----------|-----------------------------------------------| | VMFS FDC (File Descriptor) | 1-63 | | Heartbeat region 1 | 128 | | Heartbeat region 2 | 256 | | File/directory tables | 4096+ |