Recover Vmdk From Datastore -

Administrator deleted a production VM folder via datastore browser.

| Task | Command | |------|---------| | List deleted files | vmfsundelete /vmfs/volumes/DS -l | | Recover by inode | vmfsundelete -R -i 12345 -o /recovery/disk.vmdk | | Repair VMDK header | vmkfstools -x repair disk.vmdk | | Clone VMDK skipping errors | vmkfstools -i bad.vmdk -d thin good.vmdk | | Scan for recoverable VMDK signatures | vmkfstools -V /vmfs/volumes/DS | | Show VMDK descriptor info | cat disk.vmdk | recover vmdk from datastore

vmkfstools -V /vmfs/volumes/datastore1 # Scans for recoverable VMDK signatures This outputs a list of candidate VMDKs with their start sector and size. Administrator deleted a production VM folder via datastore

Clone a partially readable VMDK (skip bad blocks). recover vmdk from datastore