Vmware Repair Vmfs Partition __full__ May 2026

vmfs-fdisk -c /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.60012345 It found a VMFS6 partition at sector 2048. But the partition table didn't point to it. The repair was manual but straightforward: rewrite the partition entry.

The underlying hardware was fine. A routine firmware update on the SAN had crashed midway, corrupting the partition table on the LUN. The disks were still there, spinning away, but ESXi couldn’t see the VMFS signature anymore. To the hypervisor, the partition now looked like raw, unformatted space. vmware repair vmfs partition

partedUtil set /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.60012345 1 6 2048 25165823 Then, the moment of truth: vmfs-fdisk -c /vmfs/devices/disks/naa

That’s when she remembered:

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