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  • 1.  Rescue a VMFS partition

    Posted Feb 29, 2012 04:56 PM

    Hi All,

    Im cross posting in ESX 3.5 as well ( as install was on 3.5 ) but issue is the same I think.

    So, for an unknown reason, the system has crashed.

    my colleague tried to reinstall the system, asking to keep the VMFS partition.

    From this point, maybe there was some changes applied on the 1st partition i assume... the point is that we can not install the system anymore as it syas no more space ...strnage..what ever...

    So, now finally the question !  :

    How can I check if the VMFS partition is still here on the disk ( or lost maybe, but want to ensure at 100% )

    IF, the partition is still here, how can I transfers the VM on it to another storage ( via FTP, maybe USB storage ..Etc..what ever ...)

    thanks for your help !



  • 2.  RE: Rescue a VMFS partition

    Posted Feb 29, 2012 08:58 PM

    We managed to re-install a 3.5 ( It says we are in audit mode )

    When we click on add storage, here what we have ( screenshot )

    For me, it do not recognize VMFS ...why ? any idea ? or my understanding is false ?

    Thx



  • 3.  RE: Rescue a VMFS partition

    Posted Mar 01, 2012 10:56 AM

    Hi

    Very little chance that you will be able to restore your vmfs storage :smileysad: , but however take a look Recovering a lost partition table on a VMFS volume & Recovering a lost partition table on a VMFS volume



  • 4.  RE: Rescue a VMFS partition

    Posted Mar 02, 2012 12:58 PM

    Hi

    After problems as I di not want to do more writes to the main volume

    i added one disk on the basic controler of the mainboard ( in SATA ) and installed a 4.0.1

    here is the output of esxcfg-mpath -l

    pscsi.vmhba4-pscsi.0:0-mpx.vmhba4:C0:T0:L0
       Runtime Name: vmhba4:C0:T0:L0
       Device: mpx.vmhba4:C0:T0:L0
       Device Display Name: Local Adaptec Disk (mpx.vmhba4:C0:T0:L0)
       Adapter: vmhba4 Channel: 0 Target: 0 LUN: 0
       Adapter Identifier: pscsi.vmhba4
       Target Identifier: pscsi.0:0
       Plugin: NMP
       State: active
       Transport: parallel

    ide.vmhba0-ide.0:1-mpx.vmhba0:C0:T1:L0
       Runtime Name: vmhba0:C0:T1:L0
       Device: mpx.vmhba0:C0:T1:L0
       Device Display Name: Local HL-DT-ST CD-ROM (mpx.vmhba0:C0:T1:L0)
       Adapter: vmhba0 Channel: 0 Target: 1 LUN: 0
       Adapter Identifier: ide.vmhba0
       Target Identifier: ide.0:1
       Plugin: NMP
       State: active
       Transport: ide

    sata.vmhba1-sata.0:0-t10.ATA_____ST3320620AS_________________________________________6QF3ENFL
       Runtime Name: vmhba1:C0:T0:L0
       Device: t10.ATA_____ST3320620AS_________________________________________6QF3ENFL
       Device Display Name: Local ATA Disk (t10.ATA_____ST3320620AS_________________________________________6QF3ENFL)
       Adapter: vmhba1 Channel: 0 Target: 0 LUN: 0
       Adapter Identifier: sata.vmhba1
       Target Identifier: sata.0:0
       Plugin: NMP
       State: active
       Transport: sata

    ---

    As you can see, the drive is recognized ( it s the vmhba4 of 1,16TB )

    on this 1,6 TB, I should have a VMFS partition ... somewhere  :smileysad: ...do you know so how can I get it back.

    Important to say, there was an install which was redone ( keeping the same config but an install anyway ..)

    Thx !

    Lionel



  • 5.  RE: Rescue a VMFS partition

    Posted Mar 02, 2012 01:42 PM

    what storage is your VMFS partition running on?



  • 6.  RE: Rescue a VMFS partition

    Posted Mar 02, 2012 02:11 PM

    it' s an adaptec RAID 2820 .

    At first, this was an 3.5 ... old one we were suppose to migrate and lazy ..we did not ... problem is that we have 1 critical VM which was running on this



  • 7.  RE: Rescue a VMFS partition

    Posted Mar 02, 2012 02:53 PM

    execute this command from the ssh session.

    # hexdump -C /vmfs/devices/disks/<naa id of the device which has the partition> | less

    if the output has the UUID then we can confirm the disk has VMFS volume. if so, its easy to restore the partion. You can contact VMware support for the same.

    # hexdump -C /vmfs/devices/disks/vmhba0\:0\:0\:10 | less
    00000000  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
    *
    00100000  0d d0 01 c0 03 00 00 00  10 00 00 00 00 0f 00 00  |................|
    00100010  00 03 56 4d 77 61 72 65  20 20 42 6c 6f 63 6b 20  |..VMware  Block |
    00100020  64 65 76 69 63 65 20 20  20 20 31 2e 30 20 76 6d  |device    1.0 vm|
    00100030  68 62 61 30 3a 43 30 3a  54 30 3a 4c 30 00 00 00  |hba0:C0:T0:L0...|
    00100040  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
    00100050  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 02 00 00 00 68  |...............h|
    00100060  bc 71 1e 00 00 00 01 00  00 00 e7 01 00 00 e6 01  |.q..............|
    00100070  00 00 e9 01 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 10 01 00 00  |................|
    00100080  00 00 c3 45 99 47 38 6c  0b b2 78 4e 00 1f 29 eb  |...E.G8l..xN..).|
    00100090  85 a6 c4 74 bb 80 82 44  04 00 c1 37 bd 80 82 44  |...t...D...7...D|
    001000a0  04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
    001000b0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
    *
    00100200  00 00 00 70 1e 00 00 00  e8 01 00 00 00 00 00 00  |...p............|
    00100210  01 00 00 00 34 37 39 39  34 35 63 32 2d 61 37 32  |....479945c2-a72|
    00100220  65 36 37 39 36 2d 38 34  63 66 2d 30 30 31 66 32  |e6796-84cf-001f2|
    00100230  39 65 62 38 35 61 36 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |9eb85a6.........|
    00100240  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
    00100250  00 00 00 00 c2 45 99 47  96 67 2e a7 cf 84 00 1f  |.....E.G.g......|
    00100260  29 eb 85 a6 01 00 00 00  48 7c bb 80 82 44 04 00  |).......H|...D..|


  • 8.  RE: Rescue a VMFS partition

    Posted Mar 02, 2012 03:22 PM

    once you recreated the partition with fdisk it may still not be readable with esx
    Then boot the server with a Linux LiveCD and recover the data usings vmfs-tools
    here is a link to a ready to use CD I made for that purpose
    http://communities.vmware.com/message/1877235#1877235



  • 9.  RE: Rescue a VMFS partition

    Posted Mar 09, 2012 06:37 PM

    Yezdi, Continuum,  All,

    First, apologies for not followin up.

    As a problem never occur alone, finally, we had 2 criticals VMs on this storage.. and we spent the week to reinstall everything on another Server ( LDAP Dir..). On the top of this, we lost the remote connection for an unkown reason ...

    Back to my problem as I'm now in front of the console, I can run the commands you suggested.

    First, in my directory /vmfs/devices/disks/ , here is what I have ( for vmhba4 only ) :

    mpx.vmhba4:C0:T0:L0
    mpx.vmhba4:C0:T0:L0:1
    mpx.vmhba4:C0:T0:L0:4
    mpx.vmhba4:C0:T0:L0:5
    mpx.vmhba4:C0:T0:L0:6
    mpx.vmhba4:C0:T0:L0:7
    mpx.vmhba4:C0:T0:L0:8

    So now, trying the hexdump, here are the result...no VMFS as far I understand no ??? :smileysad:

    ----

    hexdump -C /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba4\:C0\:T0\:L0\:1 |less

    -----

    00000000  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
    *
    000001b0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01  |................|
    000001c0  01 04 06 3f 20 33 20 00  00 00 e0 7f 01 00 00 00  |...? 3 .........|
    000001d0  01 34 05 3f 20 63 00 80  01 00 00 80 01 00 00 00  |.4.? c..........|
    000001e0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
    000001f0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa  |..............U.|
    00000200  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
    *
    00004000  eb 3c 90 6d 6b 64 6f 73  66 73 00 00 02 02 02 00  |.<.mkdosfs......|
    00004010  02 00 02 00 00 f8 c0 00  20 00 40 00 00 00 00 00  |........ .@.....|
    00004020  e0 7f 01 00 00 00 29 71  16 f1 4a 48 79 70 65 72  |......)q..JHyper|
    00004030  76 69 73 6f 72 31 46 41  54 31 36 20 20 20 0e 1f  |visor1FAT16   ..|
    00004040  be 5b 7c ac 22 c0 74 0b  56 b4 0e bb 07 00 cd 10  |.[|.".t.V.......|
    00004050  5e eb f0 32 e4 cd 16 cd  19 eb fe 54 68 69 73 20  |^..2.......This |
    00004060  69 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 61  20 62 6f 6f 74 61 62 6c  |is not a bootabl|
    00004070  65 20 64 69 73 6b 2e 20  20 50 6c 65 61 73 65 20  |e disk.  Please |
    00004080  69 6e 73 65 72 74 20 61  20 62 6f 6f 74 61 62 6c  |insert a bootabl|
    00004090  65 20 66 6c 6f 70 70 79  20 61 6e 64 0d 0a 70 72  |e floppy and..pr|
    000040a0  65 73 73 20 61 6e 79 20  6b 65 79 20 74 6f 20 74  |ess any key to t|
    000040b0  72 79 20 61 67 61 69 6e  20 2e 2e 2e 20 0d 0a 00  |ry again ... ...|
    000040c0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
    *
    000041f0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa  |..............U.|
    00004200  56 4d 57 41 52 45 20 46  41 54 31 36 20 20 20 20  |VMWARE FAT16    |
    00004210  7a 92 0d 6d 89 1b c9 f4  50 bf f9 37 be d3 5b 9d  |z..m....P..7..[.|
    00004220  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|

    ----

    hexdump -C /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba4\:C0\:T0\:L0\:4 |less

    -----

    00000000  eb 58 90 6d 6b 64 6f 73  66 73 00 00 02 01 02 00  |.X.mkdosfs......|
    00000010  02 00 02 e0 1f f8 20 00  20 00 40 00 00 00 00 00  |...... . .@.....|
    00000020  00 00 00 00 00 00 29 74  16 f1 4a 48 79 70 65 72  |......)t..JHyper|
    00000030  76 69 73 6f 72 30 46 41  54 31 36 20 20 20 0e 1f  |visor0FAT16   ..|
    00000040  be 5b 7c ac 22 c0 74 0b  56 b4 0e bb 07 00 cd 10  |.[|.".t.V.......|
    00000050  5e eb f0 32 e4 cd 16 cd  19 eb fa fc 31 c0 8e d0  |^..2........1...|
    00000060  bc b4 7b 8e c0 b9 08 00  89 e7 f3 a5 8e d8 bb 78  |..{............x|
    00000070  00 0f b4 37 0f a0 56 88  16 a1 4c 20 d2 78 15 b1  |...7..V...L .x..|
    00000080  06 89 3f 89 47 02 64 f3  a5 8a 0e 18 7c 88 4d f8  |..?.G.d.....|.M.|
    00000090  cd 13 eb 27 f6 45 f0 7f  75 08 66 8b 45 f8 66 a3  |...'.E..u.f.E.f.|
    000000a0  1c 7c b4 08 cd 13 72 13  20 e4 75 0f c1 ea 08 42  |.|....r. .u....B|
    000000b0  89 16 1a 7c 83 e1 3f 89  0e 18 7c fb bb aa 55 b4  |...|..?...|...U.|
    000000c0  41 8a 16 a1 4c cd 13 72  10 81 fb 55 aa 75 0a f6  |A...L..r...U.u..|
    000000d0  c1 01 74 05 c6 06 ff 7c  00 66 a1 f8 7d bb 00 7e  |..t....|.f..}..~|
    000000e0  e8 10 00 66 81 3e 24 7e  20 d9 97 78 0f 85 c3 00  |...f.>$~ ..x....|
    000000f0  e9 3d 02 bd 01 00 66 03  06 1c 7c 66 31 d2 eb 4f  |.=....f...|f1..O|
    00000100  55 e8 d5 00 66 0f b7 fd  b9 10 00 66 52 66 50 06  |U...f......fRfP.|
    00000110  53 57 6a 10 89 e6 66 60  8a 16 a1 4c 1e 16 1f b4  |SWj...f`...L....|
    00000120  42 cd 13 1f 66 61 8d 64  10 72 10 5d 66 01 f8 29  |B...fa.d.r.]f..)|
    00000130  fd c1 e7 09 01 fb 21 ed  75 c6 c3 66 60 31 c0 8a  |......!.u..f`1..|
    00000140  16 a1 4c cd 13 66 61 e2  c2 c6 06 ff 7c 4f 5d 66  |..L..fa.....|O]f|
    00000150  52 66 50 55 53 66 0f b7  36 18 7c 66 0f b7 3e 1a  |RfPUSf..6.|f..>.|
    00000160  7c 66 f7 f6 31 c9 87 ca  66 f7 f7 e8 6b 00 29 ce  ||f..1...f...k.).|
    00000170  39 f5 76 02 89 f5 c0 e4  06 41 08 e1 88 c5 88 d6  |9.v......A......|
    00000180  8a 16 a1 4c 95 b4 02 bd  10 00 66 60 cd 13 66 61  |...L......f`..fa|

    ----

    hexdump -C /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba4\:C0\:T0\:L0\:5 |less

    -----

    00000000  eb 3c 90 6d 6b 64 6f 73  66 73 00 00 02 02 02 00  |.<.mkdosfs......|
    00000010  02 00 02 00 00 f8 c0 00  20 00 40 00 00 00 00 00  |........ .@.....|
    00000020  e0 7f 01 00 00 00 29 71  16 f1 4a 48 79 70 65 72  |......)q..JHyper|
    00000030  76 69 73 6f 72 31 46 41  54 31 36 20 20 20 0e 1f  |visor1FAT16   ..|
    00000040  be 5b 7c ac 22 c0 74 0b  56 b4 0e bb 07 00 cd 10  |.[|.".t.V.......|
    00000050  5e eb f0 32 e4 cd 16 cd  19 eb fe 54 68 69 73 20  |^..2.......This |
    00000060  69 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 61  20 62 6f 6f 74 61 62 6c  |is not a bootabl|
    00000070  65 20 64 69 73 6b 2e 20  20 50 6c 65 61 73 65 20  |e disk.  Please |
    00000080  69 6e 73 65 72 74 20 61  20 62 6f 6f 74 61 62 6c  |insert a bootabl|
    00000090  65 20 66 6c 6f 70 70 79  20 61 6e 64 0d 0a 70 72  |e floppy and..pr|
    000000a0  65 73 73 20 61 6e 79 20  6b 65 79 20 74 6f 20 74  |ess any key to t|
    000000b0  72 79 20 61 67 61 69 6e  20 2e 2e 2e 20 0d 0a 00  |ry again ... ...|
    000000c0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
    *
    000001f0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa  |..............U.|
    00000200  56 4d 57 41 52 45 20 46  41 54 31 36 20 20 20 20  |VMWARE FAT16    |
    00000210  7a 92 0d 6d 89 1b c9 f4  50 bf f9 37 be d3 5b 9d  |z..m....P..7..[.|
    00000220  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
    *

    --

    hexdump -C /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba4\:C0\:T0\:L0\:6 |less

    --

    00000000  eb 3c 90 6d 6b 64 6f 73  66 73 00 00 02 02 02 00  |.<.mkdosfs......|
    00000010  02 00 02 00 00 f8 c0 00  20 00 40 00 00 00 00 00  |........ .@.....|
    00000020  e0 7f 01 00 00 00 29 74  16 f1 4a 48 79 70 65 72  |......)t..JHyper|
    00000030  76 69 73 6f 72 32 46 41  54 31 36 20 20 20 0e 1f  |visor2FAT16   ..|
    00000040  be 5b 7c ac 22 c0 74 0b  56 b4 0e bb 07 00 cd 10  |.[|.".t.V.......|
    00000050  5e eb f0 32 e4 cd 16 cd  19 eb fe 54 68 69 73 20  |^..2.......This |
    00000060  69 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 61  20 62 6f 6f 74 61 62 6c  |is not a bootabl|
    00000070  65 20 64 69 73 6b 2e 20  20 50 6c 65 61 73 65 20  |e disk.  Please |
    00000080  69 6e 73 65 72 74 20 61  20 62 6f 6f 74 61 62 6c  |insert a bootabl|
    00000090  65 20 66 6c 6f 70 70 79  20 61 6e 64 0d 0a 70 72  |e floppy and..pr|
    000000a0  65 73 73 20 61 6e 79 20  6b 65 79 20 74 6f 20 74  |ess any key to t|
    000000b0  72 79 20 61 67 61 69 6e  20 2e 2e 2e 20 0d 0a 00  |ry again ... ...|
    000000c0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
    *
    000001f0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa  |..............U.|
    00000200  56 4d 57 41 52 45 20 46  41 54 31 36 20 20 20 20  |VMWARE FAT16    |
    00000210  74 72 7f 68 1d ce bf be  c0 78 1d 87 fe 17 a3 8e  |tr.h.....x......|
    00000220  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
    *
    00000400  f8 ff ff ff ff ff 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
    00000410  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|

    ----

    hexdump -C /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba4\:C0\:T0\:L0\:7 |less

    -----

    00000040  be 5b 7c ac 22 c0 74 0b  56 b4 0e bb 07 00 cd 10  |.[|.".t.V.......|
    00000050  5e eb f0 32 e4 cd 16 cd  19 eb fe 54 68 69 73 20  |^..2.......This |
    00000060  69 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 61  20 62 6f 6f 74 61 62 6c  |is not a bootabl|
    00000070  65 20 64 69 73 6b 2e 20  20 50 6c 65 61 73 65 20  |e disk.  Please |
    00000080  69 6e 73 65 72 74 20 61  20 62 6f 6f 74 61 62 6c  |insert a bootabl|
    00000090  65 20 66 6c 6f 70 70 79  20 61 6e 64 0d 0a 70 72  |e floppy and..pr|
    000000a0  65 73 73 20 61 6e 79 20  6b 65 79 20 74 6f 20 74  |ess any key to t|
    000000b0  72 79 20 61 67 61 69 6e  20 2e 2e 2e 20 0d 0a 00  |ry again ... ...|
    000000c0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
    *
    000001f0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa  |..............U.|
    00000200  56 4d 57 41 52 45 20 46  41 54 31 36 20 20 20 20  |VMWARE FAT16    |
    00000210  74 72 7f 68 1d ce bf be  c0 78 1d 87 fe 17 a3 8e  |tr.h.....x......|
    00000220  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
    *
    00000400  f8 ff ff ff ff ff 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
    00000410  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
    *
    00018400  f8 ff ff ff ff ff 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
    00018410  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
    *
    00030400  48 79 70 65 72 76 69 73  6f 72 32 08 00 00 78 ae  |Hypervisor2...x.|
    00030410  63 3b 63 3b 00 00 78 ae  63 3b 00 00 00 00 00 00  |c;c;..x.c;......|
    00030420  41 62 00 6f 00 6f 00 74  00 2e 00 0f 00 60 63 00  |Ab.o.o.t.....`c.|
    00030430  66 00 67 00 00 00 ff ff  ff ff 00 00 ff ff ff ff  |f.g.............|
    00030440  42 4f 4f 54 20 20 20 20  43 46 47 20 18 00 78 ae  |BOOT    CFG ..x.|
    00030450  63 3b 63 3b 00 00 78 ae  63 3b 02 00 93 00 00 00  |c;c;..x.c;......|

    ---

    hexdump -C /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba4\:C0\:T0\:L0\:8 |less

    ----

    00000000  eb 3c 90 6d 6b 64 6f 73  66 73 00 00 02 20 02 00  |.<.mkdosfs... ..|
    00000010  02 00 02 00 00 f8 87 00  20 00 40 00 00 00 00 00  |........ .@.....|
    00000020  e0 df 10 00 00 00 29 98  16 f1 4a 48 79 70 65 72  |......)...JHyper|
    00000030  76 69 73 6f 72 33 46 41  54 31 36 20 20 20 0e 1f  |visor3FAT16   ..|
    00000040  be 5b 7c ac 22 c0 74 0b  56 b4 0e bb 07 00 cd 10  |.[|.".t.V.......|
    00000050  5e eb f0 32 e4 cd 16 cd  19 eb fe 54 68 69 73 20  |^..2.......This |
    00000060  69 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 61  20 62 6f 6f 74 61 62 6c  |is not a bootabl|
    00000070  65 20 64 69 73 6b 2e 20  20 50 6c 65 61 73 65 20  |e disk.  Please |
    00000080  69 6e 73 65 72 74 20 61  20 62 6f 6f 74 61 62 6c  |insert a bootabl|
    00000090  65 20 66 6c 6f 70 70 79  20 61 6e 64 0d 0a 70 72  |e floppy and..pr|
    000000a0  65 73 73 20 61 6e 79 20  6b 65 79 20 74 6f 20 74  |ess any key to t|
    000000b0  72 79 20 61 67 61 69 6e  20 2e 2e 2e 20 0d 0a 00  |ry again ... ...|
    000000c0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
    *
    000001f0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa  |..............U.|
    00000200  56 4d 57 41 52 45 20 46  41 54 31 36 20 20 20 20  |VMWARE FAT16    |
    00000210  e4 38 5a 4c 55 3f 64 df  3c cd 33 2f 66 45 02 20  |.8ZLU?d.<.3/fE. |
    00000220  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
    *



  • 10.  RE: Rescue a VMFS partition

    Posted Mar 01, 2012 10:29 AM

    Hi LionelM

    Welcome to the community.  What does esxcfg-mpath -l report on the host with the issue?    Also check the vmkwarning logs   e.g.   cat /var/log/vmkwarning.

    "You are stronger than you think"


  • 11.  RE: Rescue a VMFS partition

    Posted Mar 13, 2012 04:35 PM

    Hi all,

    Is my VMFS partition is just dead forever and this is why I don't have more answers ? :smileysad: ?

    Thx

    Lionel



  • 12.  RE: Rescue a VMFS partition

    Posted Mar 13, 2012 05:43 PM

    Hi
    sorry - I missed your last post.
    If you want lets continue via skype - I send you a PM.

    Handling such tricky issues via the forum is not my first choice - too risky IMHO

    Ulli



  • 13.  RE: Rescue a VMFS partition

    Posted Mar 13, 2012 05:51 PM

    my apologies, i've overlooked your reply.  cant find a VMFS volume from the Hexdump output, there is no VMFS uuid. In this state,  I would recommend to contact vmware support to get more detailed analysis. If VMFS data is present in the disk, ofcourse vmware support can help you in getting it added to partition table again.

    If vmware is helpless you can contact Kroll ontrack or seagate recovery services for getting vmfs volume back.

    http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1015413