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Object type requires hosted I/O

After power outage the VM will not power-on and throws the following error:

Object type requires hosted I/O

Login to the ESXi host over ssh.
Browse to the VM folder containing the disk files.

Run the following command:

vmkfstools -x check “test.vmdk”
Disk needs repaired

vmkfstools -x repair “test.vmdk”
Disk was successfully repaired.

Start VM

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