| Scenario | Tool Feature Used | |----------|--------------------| | Accidental VM folder deletion | Deleted file recovery + directory tree restore | | Corrupted partition table | Volume detection + GPT repair | | Failed RAID with missing member | RAID reconstruction + disk image assembly | | ESXi crash with unreadable datastore | Heartbeat analysis + reserved block scanning | | Snapshot consolidation failure | Snapshot chain recovery + delta disk relinking |
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