Recovery Vmfs ((link))

esxcfg-volume -l # Find the volume name esxcfg-volume -U [Volume_Name]

voma will scan every file descriptor, fix chain corruption, and rebuild the allocation map. This tool has saved my bacon more times than I can count. recovery vmfs

Manually deleting a datastore or individual .vmdk files through the vSphere Client. esxcfg-volume -l # Find the volume name esxcfg-volume

vmkfstools -V /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6000c29c4c5a2b1c:1 fix chain corruption

First, unmount the datastore (force if necessary).

Now, we attempt a manual mount. Use the -r flag for read-only to ensure we don't make the situation worse.