Fixing Broken Corrupted VMDK disk image

Sometimes the VM fails to power ON, there may be issues with the VMDK file, you can use the below steps to check and repair the VMDK file.

1. Log in to the ESXi console using Putty.
2. Go to the folder where your VM is located.
3. Run the below command to check if the .vmdk is corrupted.
   • vmkfstools -–fix check disk-001.vmdk
4. If your disk requires repairing, run the below command.
   • vmkfstools –-fix repair disk-001.vmdk
5. Create a new disk image from the old one to avoid further issues.
   • vmkfstools -i disk-001.vmdk disk-new-001.vmdk
6. Add the new disk-new-001.vmdk to the VM.

Hope the above steps help in resolving the issue.

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