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Recovering VMFS Partitions With VMware ESX Troubleshooting

The document discusses recovering VMFS partitions in VMware ESX through troubleshooting steps like checking VMware ESX hosts, restoring the VMFS file system using the fdisk command to modify partition tables, and lessons learned regarding backing up virtual machines.

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Recovering VMFS Partitions With VMware ESX Troubleshooting

The document discusses recovering VMFS partitions in VMware ESX through troubleshooting steps like checking VMware ESX hosts, restoring the VMFS file system using the fdisk command to modify partition tables, and lessons learned regarding backing up virtual machines.

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Pedro Marquez
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VMware ESX
troubleshooting 101:
Check the VMware ESX
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Restoring the VMFS

VMware ESX

Lessons learned

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Restoring the VMFS

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fdisk l

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troubleshooting 101:
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Restoring the VMFS

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fdisk

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/dev/sda
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troubleshooting 101:
Check the VMware ESX
hosts

Restoring the VMFS

/dev/sdc

# fdisk /dev/sda
Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor
Sun, SGI or OSF disklabel
Building a new DOS disklabel.

VMware ESX

The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 39162.

Lessons learned

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Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 4 will


be corrected by w(rite)
Command (m for help): n
Command action
e extended
p primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4): 1
First cylinder (1-39162, default 1):
Using default value 1
Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-39162,
default 39162):

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Using default value 39162


Command (m for help): t
Selected partition 1
Hex code (type L to list codes): fb
Changed system type of partition 1 to fb (Unknown)
Command (m for help): x
Expert command (m for help): b
Partition number (1-4): 1
New beginning of data (63-629137529, default 63): 128
Expert command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered!

Restoring the VMFS

VMware ESX

Lessons learned

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Check the VMware ESX
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Restoring the VMFS

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Lessons learned

Dig Deeper

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Restoring the VMFS

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Restoring the VMFS

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Check the VMware ESX
hosts

Restoring the VMFS

VMware ESX
troubleshooting 202:
Backing up virtual
machines

Lessons learned

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