Invalid or corrupted partition table esxi 4.1

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• Corrupted partition table

  Hello

  I have a bad experience on my virtual infrastructure.  I'm just applied ESX4 and connected to the Fujitsu SAN storage, I face the corrupt VMFS partition 2 times a week.  I have the call log to support and found that VMware part is no problem, and my storage vendor has also found that the storage is health.  I don't know what to do now, someone has this experience can give some advice?

  Thank you

  Check out this doc:

  http://www.VM-help.com/ESX/esx3i/check_system_partitions.php

• Qosmio x 500 - 14W - invalid partition table

  Hay guys,

  I wanted to start my Toshiba Quosmio x 500 - 14W PQX33E (Product Code), but the only thing I found on my desk: invalid partition table.

  In another Forum I found a threat, which means I have to restart my computer. So I tried a Reboot Cd, but found nothing. Then I tried to call the Call Center of Toshiba, but they are closed...

  For me, is the Toshiba Service miserably and I hope that some guys from the Forum can help me.

  Thank you
  Paul

  Hello

  You must install the operating system once more.
  Invalid partition table means that something is wrong with the HARD drive and the operating system cannot start.
  So if you n t have a recovery disk, you must order one:
  http://backupmedia.Toshiba.EU/landing.aspx

  PS: I made good experience with the Toshiba service comparing the service with another laptop from the manufacturer I have to say that s OK and I meet a lot of people who said that other manufacturers are not really better
  Which; s my opinion

• invalid partition table

  invalid partition table is displayed on my screen, pl help out me...

  Exactly what happened before you saw the error message?

• After reinstalling Windows on Linux invalid partition table

  I got an operating system linux on my pc, then I tried to install windows along the side with linux, so I put my windows cd in the drive and follow the steps, the first steps were well made, but when the pc restarts, it is a message (invalid partition table). p.s. I formatted the c partition and it did not work, so I deleted and made a new partition in unallocated space and there do not have too much work, help?
  Another PS it is no os can I enter on my pc.

  If you deleted all the partitions of the hard disk using Linux, then you should be able to put your Windows install disk, boot from it and install Windows.  The installation procedure needs to configure your hard drive correctly for Windows.

  -JW

• How to recover the partition table (corrupt) for the partition in good health?

  Partition (drive H) was working fine, then I rebooted my system normally and the drive is now inaccessible.

  "An error occurred reading the file: the file or directory is corrupted and unreadable." (1392).

  Window CMD CHKDSK says NTFS file system and "unable to determine the State and version volume.»

  [This is a disk external drive with 2 partitions on it - H and Mr. the second partition (drive M) discs works fine.]
  [Vista Ultimate OS]

  Is there a way I can get it to work or get the data off of it?

  Try the procedure described in the article below

  http://www.ehow.com/how_7500292_recover-bad-partition-table.html

• Partition table is corrupted how to fix?

  Hello, I get this error after I turned off my computer (by the button) because it had frozen it had been frozen for 3 hours and I decided to hold it down for 5 seconds (stop the power) and I turned it back and it started. Is there a solution? I get the error message: "Partition table is corrupt on disk \Device\Harddisk0. Repair action: repair of partition result table: failure. Error code = 0 x 490 time: Mrs 160572

  Hello

  With the publication of the description, I understand that you are having problems to start your Windows 7 computer and gets also a errors of Partition table is corrupt on disk \Device\Harddisk0 code = 0 x 490. I will certainly help you get this fixed number.

  I suggest you refer to the suggestions by Stephanie Podder replied on 27 November 2011 in the below mentioned thread and check if this is useful:

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/all/partition-repair-startup-repair-failed-error-code/3af92d1a-e7ef-451D-9adc-3f7ffe8bb9c4?page=1

  Important: Running chkdsk on the drive if bad sectors are found on the disk hard when chkdsk attempts to repair this area if all available on which data may be lost

  Hope this information is useful. Please come back to write to us if you need more help, we will be happy to help you.

• VMFS partition table corruption? Need help to retrieve data

  My House ESXi 5.1 was installed on HP Microserver G7. Hypervisor on USB-flash, datastore on Adaptec 3405.

  After some problems of power electro Microserver is will not start and I have chosen to build the new server on Microserver Gen8. I moved Adaptec and disks in the new box, installed new ESXi 5.5 U1 (HP image) on USB and after reboot did not store data :-(.

  After some research, I found that ESXi is not see any partition table on this raid array:

  
  

  partedUtil getptbl /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba2:C0:T0:L0

  unknown

  728422 255 63 11702108160

  BUT! I tried to start the server of linux liveCD with vmfs-tools 0.2.5 installed partition mounted with vmfs-fuse and able to see the data! But cannot copy all important vmdk (see below).

  debugvmfs is also show me some useful information:

  Volume Version: 14

  Version: 54

  Label: STORE

  Mode: public

  UUID: 4f2ac538-58c181cf-arms-441ea13ee615

  Creation date: 2012-02-02 23:17:44

  Block size: 1 MiB

  Subblock size: 8 KiB

  Size of header of the FDC: 64 KiB

  County of FDC Bitmap: 64

  and it's very strange

  debugvmfs/dev/sda1 see the lvm.extent [0]

  Device: / dev/sda1

  UUID: 4f2ac4da-8de4b166-a-441ea13ee615 848

  LUN: 0

  Version: 5

  Name:

  Size: 459.99 GiB

  NUM. Segments: 22319

  First Segment: 0

  Last Segment: 22318

  
  

  because I don't know that I don't create scopes.

  
  

  Also, there are two vmdk files on more than 256 GB data store and it cannot copy because of the limitation of vmdk-tools :-(.

  
  

  I tried to do a magic (like this - partedUtil setptbl "/ vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba2:C0:T0:L0" GPT "1 2048 11702099429 AA31E02A400F11DB9590000C2911D1B8 0""), but without success;-(.)

  
  

  All the suggestions, guys?
  

  Finally!

  Found that was an "Intel VT - d" enabled in the BIOS. After disable it everything is cool.

  It looks like Adaptec 3405 working wrong with it. Will try to change it to P222.

• Invalid partition table appear on my HP a1700n

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  • System repair and recovery to be

  The partition table is the main hard disk index, indicating to the computer what stored where... what part of the hard disk contains the Windows operating system, which contains the files of restoration, which part contains utilities, and so forth.  If this table is damaged, the computer can not tell what is stored where.  To aid the recovery partition will not work because the computer is no longer able to see.  You would need a set of CD recovery or restoration of the manufacturer of the computer to restore it. Before you do, you must run a set of diagnostics of hard disk on the disk to make sure that this is going only to fail again.

• Partition table / no entry of safe mode

  HERE'S MY QUESTION:

  I'M TRYING TO RECOVER MY XP DESKTOP COMPUTER. WHENEVER I TRY not to enter MY "SAFE MODE" VIA THE XP CD I GET NO PASSAGE. NORMALLY I CAN GO THROUGH LOG BUT I'VE NOW DAMAGED A PARTITION. I USED THE HELP FILE (FIXMBR) HERE IS THE MESSAGE I HAVE,

  * THIS COMPUTER SEEMS TO HAVE A NON STANDARD OR INVALID MASTER BOOT RECORD *.

  FIXMBR may damage your partition tables if you continue (of course I did). This could cause all of your scores on the current hard disk to become inaccessible.

  If you have problems to access your drive, DO NOT CONTINUE (of course I did)

  Are you sure you want to write a new MBR?       (of course I checked yes)

  Then... If I'm screwed?   I have to buy a new hard drive?   I can solve this problem?  Can I use the old as a ghost player to get my files?

  HELP ME OB 1... YOUR MY ONLY HOPE THOMAS

  Hi Thomas,

  ·         Are able to connect in normal mode?

  ·         What happens when you try to connect in safe mode?

  ·         You get the error message?

  I suggest you to run the disk check to check for possible errors.

  How to perform disk error checking in Windows XP

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/315265

  Note: If bad sectors are found in the hard drive, then it could try to fix this particular sector. If you have any data on that, it can get lost.

• Recovery of a partition table lost on a VMFS-5 with GPT volume?

  Hello

  I have 5 ESXi

  due to a will (partition), probably an iSCSI LUN that is still visible under the target cannot be seen as data store not more

  Help all data, servers and virtual machines are lost... (they are probably still, but not seen more)   How to recover or to repeat again in the data store?

  PSE HELP

  I saw this article http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC & docType = kc & externalId = 1002281 & sliceId = 2 & docTypeID = DT_KB_1_1 & dialogID = 291642884 & stateId = 1 0 292764722

  manages VMFS3 and the use of Fdisk u

  Can someone tell how to do it with Partutil?

  TNX for quick response

  [email protected]

  Why don't you ask before if you are unsure about the procedure?

  Run the two commands after that other was a bad idea

  Here's what I do now:

  create a volume dd image and store it somewhere safe

  1 delete the partition again - once again using partedUtil
  2 check the partition table and make sure it is clean
  3. recreate the partition with the command B
  4. start system with a USB of UNUSED ESXi or even better with a LiveCD ESXi5 to rule out any missmatches signatures
  5. try turning up the volume manually, if it is not detected automatically

  If this does not work

  1 delete the partition again - once again using partedUtil
  2 check the partition table and make sure it is clean
  3. recreate the partition with the command
  4. start system with a USB of UNUSED ESXi or even better with a LiveCD ESXi5 to rule out any missmatches signatures
  5. try turning up the volume manually, if it is not detected automatically

• Retrieve VMFS partition table... help.

  Hi all

  This morning, when I boot ESXi 4.0.0 I found lost a VMFS volume. By default, my drive has two partitions. I tried to recover the second partition with the instructions on the forum, but it was still not working.

  fdisk- lu/dev/disks/t10. ATA___ST3500418AS___9VM6Z8Y1

  Disk/dev/disks/t10. ATA___ST3500418AS___9VM6Z8Y1: 500,1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
  255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total of 976773168 areas
  Units is 1 * 512 sectors is 512 bytes

  Device boot start end blocks Id system
  / dev/Disks/T10. 63 8386622 4193280 6 FAT16 ATA___ST3500418AS___9VM6Z8Y1p1
  Partition 1 does not stop the limit of cylinder
  / dev/Disks/T10. ATA___ST3500418AS___9VM6Z8Y1p2 8386623 976773167 484193272 + fb VMFS

  
  fdisk u /disks/dev/t10. ATA___ST3500418AS___9VM6Z8Y1

  The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 60801.
  There is nothing wrong with that, but it is higher than 1024,
  and could in certain setups cause problems with:
  (1) software that runs at startup (for example, the old versions of LILO)
  (2) start and partitioning software to other operating systems
  (e.g. BACK FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)

  Command (m for help): d
  Partition number (1-4): 2

  Command (m for help): w
  The partition table has been changed!

  The call ioctl() to re-read the partition table

  u Fdisk/dev/disks/t10. ATA___ST3500418AS___9VM6Z8Y1

  The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 1409485.
  There is nothing wrong with that, but it is higher than 1024,
  and could in certain setups cause problems with:
  (1) software that runs at startup (for example, the old versions of LILO)
  (2) start and partitioning software to other operating systems
  (e.g. BACK FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)

  Command (m for hELP): n
  Control action
  extended e
  p primary partition (1-4)
  p
  Partition number (1-4): 2
  First of the sector (by default 8386623-976773167, 8386623): using default 8386623
  Last sector or size + or + sizeM or + sizeK (8386623-976773167, by default 976773167): using default value 976773167

  Command (m for help): t
  Partition number (1-4): 2
  HEX code (type L to list codes): fb
  Changed the type of partition 2 to fb (VMFS)

  Command (m for help): x

  Expert command (m for help): b
  Partition number (1-4): 2
  New beginning of data (by default, 8386623-976773167, 8386623): 8386688

  Expert command (m for help): w
  The partition table has been changed!

  Calling ioctl() to re-read the partition table.

  I have VL connection and go to the Configuration > storage > refresh the volume does not return.

  Please help me!.

  This seems really odd. Do you have all the partitions on these 4 discs when you first installed ESXi?

  What version of ESXi you originally installed (3.5 or 4.0) in the case where that this system has been upgraded?

  Please after the release of fdisk-lu for all 4 disks in the system.

  André

• Adding Partition for a partitioned Table

  Hello
  I have a partitioned table with 7 existing Partitions that follow this structure:
  
  PARTITION 'TRANSACTIONS_JAN2012' VALUES (TO_DATE () LOWER
  "2012-02-01 00:00:00 ', ' SYYYY-MM-JJ HH24:MI:SS»(, ' NLS_CALENDAR = GRÉGORIEN ')"
  ) PCTFREE, PCTUSED 10 0 INITRANS 1 MAXTRANS 255 NOLOGGING (INITIAL STORAGE
  1073741824 THEN 1048576 MINEXTENTS 1 MAXEXTENTS 2147483645 PCTINCREASE 0
  FREELISTS 1 FREELIST GROUPS 1 USER_TABLES DEFAULT FLASH_CACHE
  DEFAULT CELL_FLASH_CACHE) TABLESPACE "FTSV1" NOCOMPRESS
  
  I am trying to add a new Partition:
  ALTER table movements Add partition
  (partition TRANSACTIONS_JTS VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE (' 2012-03-01 00:00:00 ',' SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS ',' NLS_CALENDAR = GREGORIAN ')));
  
  But get this error:
  SQL error: ORA-00902: invalid data type
  00902 00000 - "invalid data type".
  
  Any help is greatly appreciated.
  
  Thanks in advance,
  Johnny

  Hi Johnny,.

  Looks like you have one to several "Partition", delete this as well as the unnecessary parentheses.

  ALTER TABLE transactions
      ADD PARTITION transactions_jts
      VALUES LESS THAN
          (TO_DATE(' 2012-03-01 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'));
  

  Concerning
  Peter

• Aligns Partitions in ESXi 4

  I installed a new ESXi 4 server on a HP DL380 G5 server with local hard drives and a controller RAID P400.  The OS partition consists of two 146 G 15K SAS drives in a RAID 1 + 0 (mirrored) configuration.  I read that you need to align the partitions in order to obtain the best performance of e/s, but all the instructions I see are for version 3.x.  (I am the rest of the paper found here: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/esx3_partition_align.pdf).   Is it necessary to align partitions in version 4, or which is done automatically with the installation now?

  Here are the instructions in this document:

  *

  Instructions for VMware VMFS Partition

  Alignment using fdisk

  *

  To verify that your existing partitions are aligned, the command:
  Fdisk-lu
  The result is similar to:
  Starting the device start end blocks Id system
  unknown/dev/sdj1 128 167766794 83883333 + fb
  Alignment of the partitions start at 128. If the starting value is 63 (default), the partition is not aligned.
  If you choose not to use the VI Client and create partitions with vmkfstools, or if you want to
  align the installation default partition before using it, follow these steps to use fdisk to align
  a partition manually from the ESX Server service console:
  1. type fdisk/dev/SD & lt; x & gt; where & lt; x & gt; is the suffix of the device.
  2. determine if any VMware VMFS partition already exists. VMware VMFS partitions are
  identified by a partition system fb ID. Type d to delete to remove these partitions.
  Note: This destroys all data currently residing on VMware VMFS partitions you delete.
  Make sure that you back up the data first if you need.
  3 type n to create a new partition.
  4. type p to create a primary partition.
  5 type 1 to create the partition No. 1.
  6. Select the defaults to use the full disk.
  7. type t to set the system ID. the partition
  8 type fb to set the ID of partition system on fb (VMware VMFS volume).
  9. type x to switch to expert mode.
  10 type b to set the starting point.
  11 type 1 to choose partition 1.
  12. type 128 set to 128 (element of the array allocation size).
  13. type w to write the label information and the partition on the disk.

  Here are the results when I run fdisk-lu:

  ~ # fdisk - lu

  Disk /dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T1:L0: 146.7 GB, 146778685440 bytes

  255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 17844 cylinders, total of 286677120 areas

  Units is 1 * 512 sectors is 512 bytes

  Device boot start end blocks Id system

  63 286677119 143338528 /dev/disks/MPX.vmhba1:C0:T1:L0p1 + fb VMFS

  Disk /dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0: 146.7 GB, 146778685440 bytes

  total of 64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 139979 cylinders and 286677120 areas

  Units is 1 * 512 sectors is 512 bytes

  Device boot start end blocks Id system

  8192 1843199 917504 5 extended /dev/disks/MPX.vmhba1:C0:t0:L0p1

  /dev/disks/MPX.vmhba1:C0:t0:L0p2 1843200 10229759 4193280 6 FAT16

  10229760 286677119 138223680 fb VMFS /dev/disks/MPX.vmhba1:C0:t0:L0p3

  /dev/disks/MPX.vmhba1:C0:t0:L0p4 * 32 8191 4080 4 FAT16 & lt; 32 M

  8224 520191 255984 6 FAT16 /dev/disks/MPX.vmhba1:C0:t0:L0p5

  /dev/disks/MPX.vmhba1:C0:t0:L0p6 520224 1032191 255984 6 FAT16

  1032224 1257471 112624 VMKcore fc /dev/disks/MPX.vmhba1:C0:t0:L0p7

  /dev/disks/MPX.vmhba1:C0:t0:L0p8 1257504 1843199 292848 6 FAT16

  Partition table entries are not in the order of disc

  ~ #

  I can't past the first step in the instructions because they say that I should see something like/dev/sd (x) in my outings.  What I got instead is dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1...  Even if I try to substitute my output for which is listed in the output, I get an error message from the console.

  Can you please give me some advice?  I understand that once the ESXi is installed and data warehouses are created using the vClient, all right, but I need to know if I have to align the ESXi installation first, before we get to the creation of data warehouses in ESXi.

  Thanks in advance for your comments,

  Chris

  I just re-read your message. If you create the VMFS partition via the VI client, the partition will be automatically aligned so you don't need to use fdisk to align it. If you are using LInux guests, then you should align the partition within the virtual machine. If you use WIndows clients, and then use diskpart to align the partitions.

• How to encrypt a USB, when I get the message "(GPT) GUID Partition Table partitioning scheme is required? '."

  I just tried to encrypt a USB drive with my Mac book (latest version) and got the message "A GUID Partition Table (GPT) partitioning schΘma required." What does this mean and suggestions on how to proceed?

  The drive must be formatted for Mac. Start in the Recvery mode. Erase the drive using disk utility (select the top icon which represents the entire disk and click clear. Partition scheme must be Mac OS (Extended) first partition GUID, which is the default value.

  If you want to install a system on it follow these steps:

  How to reinstall OS X on your Mac - Apple Support