Vmfs Partition Table Recovery [repack] [A-Z QUICK]

A VMFS datastore lives inside a primary partition (type 0xFB for VMFS3 or 0xFC for VMFS5/6) on a disk or LUN. The (usually GPT, sometimes MBR on older systems) sits at the very beginning of the disk (LBA 0) and contains a small entry pointing to the start sector and length of that VMFS partition.

If ESXi tools fail, boot a Linux live CD (Ubuntu, SystemRescue) and install vmfs-tools : vmfs partition table recovery

John decided to try using VMware's built-in tools first. He booted the ESXi server in rescue mode and ran vmfs-tool to scan the SAN array. Unfortunately, the tool was unable to detect any valid VMFS partitions. A VMFS datastore lives inside a primary partition

After a tense and lengthy process, John finally booted up one of the recovered VMs. To his relief, it started successfully, and the VM was accessible. He booted the ESXi server in rescue mode