Last updated: 2025 – Compatible with vSphere 7.x and 8.x
Power outages or host crashes can cause the VMFS volume header or resource bitmap to become inconsistent, rendering it unmountable. recovery vmware datastore
These tools scan the raw device, reconstruct file system metadata, and allow extraction of VMDK files. Last updated: 2025 – Compatible with vSphere 7
If the datastore is visible but the VMs are missing from the inventory: reconstruct file system metadata