esxcli storage vmfs resignature -l <datastore_name> Or:
| Tool | Supports VMFS-2 | Supports VMFS-4 | Notes | |------|---------------|----------------|-------| | | Yes | Yes | Best for metadata corruption | | UFS Explorer | Yes | Yes | RAID recovery | | SysTools VMFS Recovery | Partial | Yes | Basic file copy | | Runtime Explorer for VMFS | No | Yes | VMFS-4 only | vmfs recovery 4 2
vmkfstools -Z /vmfs/volumes/DamagedDS /vmfs/volumes/NewDS These work offline (attach LUN to Windows/Linux VM). esxcli storage vmfs resignature -l <