[PLUG] Vmware oops

[jeff <jeffv@op.net>]

`Something happened' to RAID array on an ESXi 4 server [RAID5 4 drives].

Drives were reinitialized, server boots, ESXi comes up.
We can find everything except the vmdk we're looking for.
Recovery software [run from its own OS] finds tons of files that were 
inside the vmdk, but most are trashed.

Vmware consultants stated that this happens a lot - when storage fails, 
vmdk's get hosed.

Of course there's no backup.

Do I even try booting with linux and running any of our tools or should 
I advise some people to start updating their resumes?  I don't believe 
there's anything that runs inside the ESXi shell [ctl-alt-f1], is there?

I love hearing coworkers say, "UGH. This is LINUX.  How do I navigate?"


Thanks,
--Perplexed in PA



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