Linux Vmfs Recovery -
Install the required tools:
There are several reasons why VMFS data loss can occur: linux vmfs recovery
Suppose you have a VMware ESXi server with a VMFS partition on a shared storage device. Due to a hardware failure, the ESXi server becomes unavailable, and you need to recover the virtual machines from the VMFS partition. You can use the steps outlined above to mount the VMFS partition on a Linux system, browse the partition, and recover the virtual machines. Install the required tools: There are several reasons
If the datastore is not corrupted but you need to extract files (like .vmdk or .vmx ) using a Linux machine, you can use the package. If the datastore is not corrupted but you
sudo vmfs-fuse -o ro,offset=1048576 /dev/sdX /mnt/recovery
Replace /dev/sdX3 with the actual partition (often partition 3 on a GPT disk).