Recover Vmfs Metadata Jun 2026

dd if=/vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6000... of=/backup/vmfs_metadata_$(date +%F).img bs=1M count=100

After the tool runs:

VMFS does have an fsck like ext4. Instead, VMware relies on journal replay on mount. To force replay:

This small backup (100 MB) contains all critical metadata and can be restored later.

vmkfstools -V <Volume_ID>