Recovering a VMFS volume is a high-stakes operation. If you have working backups, skip the recovery – simply delete the corrupt datastore and restore from backup. Your time is more valuable than a gamble on data recovery.
With the tool's help, John was able to identify the prod-vms volume and recover its metadata. The tool also provided an option to repair the VMFS signature, which John carefully executed. recover vmfs volume
After booting up a Linux machine with RDMp installed, John mapped the affected LUN (Logical Unit Number) to the Linux machine and ran the tool. RDMp quickly detected the corrupted VMFS signature and presented him with a list of recoverable VMFS volumes. Recovering a VMFS volume is a high-stakes operation
⚠️ Do not create a new datastore or reformat the LUN. Do not write any new data to the affected disks. Every write operation reduces the chance of successful recovery. With the tool's help, John was able to