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2V0-622 · Question #134

What is the name of the command line utility that checks for VMFS5 metadata corruption?

The correct answer is B. voma. VOMA (vSphere On-disk Metadata Analyzer) is the VMware command-line utility used to detect and repair VMFS metadata corruption on ESXi hosts.

Section 3 – Configure and Administer vSphere 6.5 Storage

Question

What is the name of the command line utility that checks for VMFS5 metadata corruption?

Options

  • Avmkfstools --check
  • Bvoma
  • Cvmfsanalyzer
  • Desxcli vmfs check

How the community answered

(28 responses)
  • A
    7% (2)
  • B
    89% (25)
  • C
    4% (1)

Why each option

VOMA (vSphere On-disk Metadata Analyzer) is the VMware command-line utility used to detect and repair VMFS metadata corruption on ESXi hosts.

Avmkfstools --check

vmkfstools is used for virtual disk management tasks such as cloning and inflating VMDKs, but it does not have a '--check' flag for VMFS metadata validation.

BvomaCorrect

VOMA (vSphere On-disk Metadata Analyzer) is the dedicated VMware tool for checking and repairing VMFS5 and VMFS6 on-disk metadata; it is invoked with 'voma -m vmfs -f check -d <device>' and is the only supported utility for this purpose.

Cvmfsanalyzer

vmfsanalyzer is not a real VMware utility and does not exist as a supported ESXi command-line tool.

Desxcli vmfs check

esxcli provides a wide range of ESXi management subcommands, but 'esxcli vmfs check' is not a valid subcommand and cannot perform VMFS metadata integrity checks.

Concept tested: VMFS metadata integrity checking with VOMA

Source: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.storage.doc/GUID-A5F52DF3-8A3A-4DC4-8918-DF5BAC5D2C94.html

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#voma#VMFS5#metadata corruption#storage tools

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