Vmdk Corrupted -

"Server is slow. Throwing I/O errors. Tried to restart; now it won't boot."

The CID (Content ID) was reset to fffffffe — a flag meaning "unknown or corrupted parent." The flat extent is intact, but the mapping is blind. vmdk corrupted

#!/bin/bash # vmdk_integrity_check.sh # Checks for early signs of VMDK corruption DATASTORE_PATH="/vmfs/volumes/VM_Storage" LOG_FILE="/var/log/vmdk_health.log" "Server is slow

# Disk DescriptorFile version=1 CID=fffffffe parentCID=fffffffe createType="vmfs" RW 419430400 VMFS "server01-flat.vmdk" vmdk corrupted