partedUtil set /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.60012345 1 6 2048 25165823 Then, the moment of truth:
She pulled up a spare laptop and connected directly to the SAN’s management interface. The LUN was healthy. The partition was just... lost. Not overwritten. Just mislabeled. vmware repair vmfs partition
Jenna looked at her laptop, then back at him. “Neither did I. Until tonight.” partedUtil set /vmfs/devices/disks/naa
He just blinked. “I didn’t know you could repair a partition.” vmware repair vmfs partition
She SSH’d into one of the ESXi hosts and ran the first command she’d scribbled in her notebook years ago, during a VMware troubleshooting course she almost fell asleep in: