Bad partition VM ESXi 4.1 crashed on USB
Help! My ESXi 4.1 on a USB flash drive installation has been corrupted. I did the repair and am currently connected to the management console. Im trying to understand the editing options of the data store on a Dell 2950. Who should I choose "keep the existing signature" or "assign a new signature" I need to recover my VM.
Thank you
"Keep Existing Signature" should work for you
Just make sure that the signature is not collide with an existing one. If it collides it should simply not get on its own.
"Before attempting the will, make sure there is no machine virtual running off this VMFS volume on any other host, as these virtual machines can become invalid in vCenter Server inventory and will need to be registered again on their respective hosts."
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