Vmfs: Partition Table Recovery __hot__

You can dump the last few sectors using dd and look for "EFI PART" signature:

esxcfg-info -s | grep -i vmfs Better yet, use the hidden voma tool (VMFS Offline Metadata Analyzer) in read-only mode: vmfs partition table recovery

partedUtil get /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6001234567890 If you see Unknown or an empty table, the partition table is missing. Use vmkfstools to scan for VMFS superblocks without relying on the partition table: You can dump the last few sectors using