Use one of these two options to resolve this issue:
- Use fsck
- Use fdisk and e2fsck–p
Both of these options require that you use single user mode on the ESX host. To enter single user mode:
- Reboot the ESX host.
- When the GRUB screen appears, press the space bar to stop the server from automatically booting into VMware ESX.
- Use the arrow keys to select Service Console only (troubleshooting mode).
- Press the a key to modify the kernel arguments (boot options).
- On the line presented, type a space followed by the word single, and press Enter. The server boots into single-user mode.
Using fsck to resolve this issue:- Enter single user mode on the ESX host.
- Run the fsck command with these parameters:
# fsck -f -c -y
Using fdisk and e2fsck–p to resolve this issue:- Enter single user mode on the ESX host.
- Verify the partition tables using this command:
# fdisk –lu
- Make note of the partition information.
- Unmount the partition:
# umount /dev/partition_name
- Run the e2fsck–p command on the affected partition. For example:
# e2fsck–p /dev/sda1
- Once the file system check is complete, reboot the host:
# init 6