She logged into the DCIM console. The HP ProLiant DL380 was still running, but the local VMFS datastore was inaccessible. She tried ls /vmfs/volumes/ — empty.
She mounted it: esxcfg-volume -M 5d2a8b2e-fc0f2b10-1234-7845c4f5a9b1 esxi repair partition table
Then: esxcfg-volume -l → “VMFS UUID 5d2a8b2e-fc0f2b10-1234-7845c4f5a9b1” appeared. She logged into the DCIM console
The command completed silently. She held her breath and typed: partedUtil get … – the table matched the healthy host. esxi repair partition table