VMware Communities: Message List - How to repair an unformatted VMFS ?

Re: How to repair an unformatted VMFS ?

abonnin — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 08:37:42 GMT

In fact I give up this problem thinking there is no solution. My company took a vmware gold support and I opened another "easier" case. It is still opened.

Re: How to repair an unformatted VMFS ?

rodupr — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:39:27 GMT

What were you able to find out from support? I have the same problem and am wondering what to do. I am thinking I will call for support before doing anything else.

Re: How to repair an unformatted VMFS ?

abonnin — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:25:38 GMT

OK, I will try that way next week.

Re: How to repair an unformatted VMFS ?

abonnin — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:23:20 GMT

In fact, to explain all, one of my colleague set the span box. As there were only one spare VMFS. It was taken without prompt. I reformat the main VMFS. That seems to have liberate the extent. I'm trying to repair the extent. But there is no tool able to do that.

Re: How to repair an unformatted VMFS ?

boydd — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:18:25 GMT

If you feel that you have lost a vmfs partition (now showing as unformatted). I'd open and SR with VMware before you proceed with doing anything else on your own.

DB

Re: How to repair an unformatted VMFS ?

abonnin — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:15:23 GMT

Thank you, but I have a no file system on the specified partition answer to vmkfstools. Seems to not being repairable.

Re: How to repair an unformatted VMFS ?

kharbin — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:12:02 GMT

If its unformatted, then its not a VMFS. Its only a VMware File System after it is formatted as such.

What do you want to repair? Not sure what you mean.

Re: How to repair an unformatted VMFS ?

rewh2oman — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 14:59:39 GMT

http://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/admin/esx25admin_vmvkfstools.html

Re: How to repair an unformatted VMFS ?

boydd — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 14:57:41 GMT

Check "man vmkfstools" - I think it is vmkfstools -R

DB

How to repair an unformatted VMFS ?

abonnin — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 14:53:13 GMT

Hi,

Is there a command to try to repair an unformatted VMFS ?

Best,
abonnin.