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If your hardware supports it, take a read-only snapshot of the current state of the LUN. Work only on the snapshot copy to protect the original data. πŸ’» Manual Recovery via ESXi Command Line

Before using recovery software, check if the host can still detect the volume:

If the partition table itself is gone but the VMFS data starts at sector 128 (typical), recreate:

To recover a lost VMFS 5 partition:

Changing LUN parameters causes ESXi to misidentify the volume.

Recovery __exclusive__ β€” Vmfs 5 Partition

If your hardware supports it, take a read-only snapshot of the current state of the LUN. Work only on the snapshot copy to protect the original data. πŸ’» Manual Recovery via ESXi Command Line

Before using recovery software, check if the host can still detect the volume: vmfs 5 partition recovery

If the partition table itself is gone but the VMFS data starts at sector 128 (typical), recreate: If your hardware supports it, take a read-only

To recover a lost VMFS 5 partition:

Changing LUN parameters causes ESXi to misidentify the volume. If your hardware supports it