How to Start VMware ESXi With a Corrupted RAID

Written By Christian Castagna (Administrator)

Updated at October 21st, 2025

→ Applies to: VMware ESXi 6.5 and above

The steps in this article are required when your VMware ESXi system returns the error: "Two file systems with the same UUID have been detected".

 

Step 1. Login to IPMI GUI

Step 2. Restart the system

Step 3. Press [ Shift + 0 ] when the hypervisor screen appears during system start-up

Step 4. In the boot option, type the followinf command:

overrideDuplicateImageDetection

 

Step 5. Press [ Enter ]