: Read-only, offline, and on a copy – the three rules of safe VMFS recovery.
sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb Example output:
| Command | Purpose | |---------|---------| | vmfs-fuse | Mount a VMFS partition via FUSE (user-space) for read-only access | | vmfsfsck | Check and validate VMFS filesystem metadata (read-only) | | vmfsrestore | Experimental tool to copy files from VMFS to another location | Step 1: Identify the VMFS Partition Use lsblk or fdisk to find the correct partition (type 0xFB for VMFS). vmfs-tools