Vmfs Recovery 4 2 |link| May 2026

| Tool | Supports VMFS-2 | Supports VMFS-4 | Notes | |------|---------------|----------------|-------| | | Yes | Yes | Best for metadata corruption | | UFS Explorer | Yes | Yes | RAID recovery | | SysTools VMFS Recovery | Partial | Yes | Basic file copy | | Runtime Explorer for VMFS | No | Yes | VMFS-4 only |

esxcli storage vmfs resignature -l <datastore_name> Or: vmfs recovery 4 2

# On ESXi shell esxcfg-volume -l # List snapshots esxcfg-volume -M <snapshot_UUID> # Force mount VMware provided fsck.vmfs in service console (ESX 4.x classic) or recovery CD. | Tool | Supports VMFS-2 | Supports VMFS-4