How to start VMware ESXi with a corrupted RAID

Written By Christian Castagna (Administrator)

Updated at January 20th, 2025

→ Applies to: VMware ESXi 6.5 and above

 

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 ]