Recover Deleted Datastore Esxi !!top!! ★

To avoid datastore deletion incidents in the future, follow these best practices:

If your datastore was on a SAN/NAS, check the storage array’s management interface for hardware-level snapshots that can be restored. 2. Recovery via Command Line (Advanced) recover deleted datastore esxi

A popular tool that can connect directly to an ESXi host or scan a raw physical drive to extract VM files. To avoid datastore deletion incidents in the future,

Immediately power off VMs on affected storage (if still accessible via hosts). Do not write anything to the LUN. Engage VMware support if data is critical. Immediately power off VMs on affected storage (if

(No formatting)

The user interface for this feature could be a simple and intuitive wizard that guides the user through the recovery process. Here's a possible layout:

Use esxcfg-volume -l to see if the datastore is detected as a "snapshot LUN" with its original UUID.