Recovery Vmware Datastore

If the VMFS partition is missing, recreate it manually without overwriting data:

esxcli storage core adapter rescan --all recovery vmware datastore

Physical degradation of the underlying disks or RAID controller failure can make the storage volume inaccessible. If the VMFS partition is missing, recreate it

Before turning to specialized software, check if the datastore can be recovered through standard VMware administrative actions. Attempting to Re-mount a Deleted Datastore If the VMFS partition is missing

If a datastore was deleted but the underlying storage volume remains, you may be able to re-mount it:

The most reliable recovery method is restoring from a pre-existing backup or snapshot.