This guide outlines the most common scenarios for VMFS loss and the steps to recover them.
| Tool | Purpose | |------|---------| | esxcli storage vmfs extent list | Show VMFS extents and their partitions | | voma (VMFS On-disk Metadata Analyzer) | Check and fix metadata corruption (run in read-only mode first) | | esxcli storage filesystem list | Verify datastore mount status | | tail -f /var/log/vmkernel | Real-time kernel logs | vmware recover vmfs
Example voma check (read-only):