| Feature | Description | |---------|-------------| | Supported VMFS versions | VMFS3, VMFS5, VMFS6 | | Supported guest OS | Windows-based recovery interface (runs on Windows, reads VMFS over iSCSI or local disks) | | Recovery modes | Fast Recovery (intact metadata) + Full Analysis (signature-based) | | Remote access | Built-in VMFS over iSCSI initiator (connect to ESXi iSCSI LUNs directly) | | File preview | Before recovery, preview files (text, images, small VMDKs) | | Disk imaging | Create a byte-for-byte image of the VMFS volume for safe analysis | | Export formats | Recovered files saved to local/network drive, or FTP server | | Supported RAID | Reconstruct RAID0, RAID5, RAID6, JBOD, and nested arrays |
If the file system is heavily corrupted, the software uses a "parser" mode. It scans the entire surface of the disk for signatures of VMDK files and VMFS metadata structures, effectively reassembling the data from scratch. diskinternals vmfs recovery full