Do you have a backup of the VMFS datastore, or are you recovering from the only copy?
# List all storage devices esxcli storage core device list df -h See partition tables on a specific device (e.g., naa.600...) partedUtil get /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.XXXXXXXXXX View VMFS volumes known to the host esxcfg-volume -l
esxcli storage core adapter rescan --all If the volume is listed as "detached":
Recovering Vmfs May 2026
Do you have a backup of the VMFS datastore, or are you recovering from the only copy?
# List all storage devices esxcli storage core device list df -h See partition tables on a specific device (e.g., naa.600...) partedUtil get /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.XXXXXXXXXX View VMFS volumes known to the host esxcfg-volume -l recovering vmfs
esxcli storage core adapter rescan --all If the volume is listed as "detached": Do you have a backup of the VMFS
