Recovering Vmfs Datastore !!better!! ★ Reliable & Official

Always test recovery steps on a dummy LUN before attempting on production data.

vim-cmd storage/vmfs_mount_snapshot <snapshot-uuid> <datastore-name> # Check if the device appears esxcli storage core device list -d naa.600601605a281800 Check partition table partedUtil get /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.600601605a281800 recovering vmfs datastore

(if original datastore is gone):

# List snapshots esxcli storage vmfs snapshot list vim-cmd storage/vmfs_mount_snapshot <snapshot-uuid> RecoveredDS Always test recovery steps on a dummy LUN

Volume Name UUID Extent Number Snapshot UUID Datastore1 abc123... 0 def456... To mount without resignaturing (temporary, read-only): recovering vmfs datastore