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/dev/sdb1 Linux swap /dev/sdb2 VMFS (0xFB) sudo vmfsfsck /dev/sdb2 Step 3: Mount Using vmfs-fuse Create a mount point and mount read-only:

sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb Example output:

: Read-only, offline, and on a copy – the three rules of safe VMFS recovery. vmfs-tools

sudo mkdir /mnt/vmfs sudo vmfs-fuse /dev/sdb2 /mnt/vmfs -o ro After mounting, you’ll see a standard VMFS directory structure: /dev/sdb1 Linux swap /dev/sdb2 VMFS (0xFB) sudo vmfsfsck

1. Introduction VMFS (Virtual Machine File System) is a clustered block-based file system developed by VMware for storing virtual machine disks, snapshots, and configuration files. By default, Windows and standard Linux distributions cannot mount or read VMFS volumes. By default, Windows and standard Linux distributions cannot

/mnt/vmfs/ ├── .fdc.sf/ ├── .sdd.sf/ └── <datastore_name>/ ├── .vSphere-HA/ ├── <vm_folder>/ │ ├── .vmdk, .vmx, .vmsd, etc. └── ... Use standard cp , rsync , or dd to recover data: