To prevent this, implement a VMDK health check cron job on the ESXi host:
done
Upon attempting to power on the VM, vSphere returned the dreaded: vmdk corrupted
If the file is too corrupt, clone it to create a new, healthy VMDK: vmkfstools -i /path/to/corrupted.vmdk /path/to/new.vmdk Method 2: vmware-vdiskmanager (Workstation/Fusion) To prevent this, implement a VMDK health check
[SUCCESS] Grain table rebuilt. 1,892,471 sectors recovered. [WARNING] 204 sectors unrecoverable (log files, temporary data). To prevent this