It happens in a split second. A tired system administrator, a misclick in fdisk , an automated script aimed at the wrong LUN. One moment, your datastore is humming along, hosting critical virtual machines. The next moment—it’s gone. The partition table entry for your VMFS (Virtual Machine File System) volume has been deleted.
But let this be a lesson: in the datacenter, the most dangerous button is the one marked "Delete." Know your tools, test your recovery process, and always, always double-check your target. recover deleted vmfs partition
The "fb" (VMFS) partition type is no longer listed, often diagnosed using tools like fdisk . It happens in a split second