voma -m vmfs -f list -d /vmfs/devices/disks/<disk_id> This may show a valid VMFS volume even without a partition table. If you know the original partition layout (from another identical disk or logs): Example: Single VMFS partition on the whole disk partedUtil set /dev/disks/<disk_id> 1 0xfb 0 2048 <total_sectors> partedUtil set /dev/disks/<disk_id> 1 0xfb 0 2048 <total_sectors-1> Example: Restore a known partition layout partedUtil getUsableSectors /dev/disks/<disk_id> # Then create partition table partedUtil mklabel /dev/disks/<disk_id> gpt partedUtil mkpart /dev/disks/<disk_id> primary 0xfb 2048 4294967295 Find total sectors:
esxcfg-info -s | grep -i vmfs Or use:
partedUtil get /dev/disks/<disk_id> # or ls -l /vmfs/devices/disks/<disk_id> esxcli storage core adapter rescan --all esxcli storage vmfs snapshot list esxcli storage vmfs snapshot mount -l <datastore_name> -p <vmfs_uuid> If mount fails, try: esxi recover vmfs partition table