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• Help recovering files flat.vmdk supplied thickness necessary!

  Hi all

  First of all, some background on my current configuration (and I'll try to keep it short and sweet)...

  I have 3 1 than to hard disks in a 5.x ESXi host I use in a RAID5 array.  The RAID is actually implemented and managed by a guest Windows Server 2008R2 VM on the host.  When I created data warehouses to build the table, I've formatted each of hard drives and added inside the vSphere Client as VMFS data stores.  When I added the readers to the configuration of the VM of comments, I put them to be supplied thick lazy-reset and all 3 have the same size (930.2899996 GB).  Each disc has an and a single VMDK and this VMDK takes up most of the usable usable VMFS partition sectors.  Inside of the guest, the virtual disks were formatted using Windows Disk Manager like dynamic GPT disks without starting and then adjust upward in a RAID5 array.

  What has happened...

  A week or if there is during a backup/cleaning of the virtual machine, I accidentally deleted a 2nd guest VM which has also consulted with data warehouses (I was testing Windows Server 2012R2, impressed) without separate configuration of the 2nd VM first, data warehouses and eventually remove the VMDK files from the disk.  I am recovering files flat.vmdk at least 2 of these discs.  As this happened, I spent many hours of research online about VMDK recovery and disk running scans trying to find the missing VMDK (again unsuccessfully). Nothing has been written to one of these discs, and the VMFS partition is still in-tact.

  I know...

  Geometry of the disk, the file names, logical sector size and number of sectors files missing VMDK (recovered in the log file of the last successful start-up of the VM)

  Using the above information, I have a model created for a descriptor ready replacement VMDK file as soon as I can retrieve images flat.vmdk

  What I've tried so far...

  ESXi Shell & vmfs-fuse-> Navigation data storages show volumes are empty.  VMFS-fuse mounts the volume, but no VMDK file cannot be found.

  UFS Explorer-> same basic idea.  VMFS partitions are found easily and show good healthcare, but I can't find the files there, either.

  Hexagonal view using of UFS Explorer, I autorévisés several areas that I know are within the area of data and verified the parity RAID5 withdraws (to be confirmed), it seems that the data is always there and in-tact.

  DiskInternals VMFS Recovery-> attempt to analyze the disk, after 36 hours of scanning on a single disc had not yet reached 10%.

  What I would like to...

  Find the starting location for the file flat.vmdk for each disc and do an image binary dump of this position to the end of the VMDK file (sector of end computed by the starting location + number of sectors for the VMDK's newspaper).  Since all 3 discs are identical in the sense of VMWare, this place of departure should be the same for all 3 disks.  I have an external HD to 3 TB in waiting for the dump once I know not where to start.

  Worth I feel is actually locate the start position in hexadecimal view (I do not know what hexadecimal values, I need to look for).  Sanbarrow (continuum) of the site (VMDK-basics), he said he's looking for the mbr as header of the file, but I've not found in my records.

  Last note 1: this isn't a company or business system.  This is my personal home server and I have legitimate licenses for all the OS running on the host computer.

  Grade 2: Yes, I * have a backup, but it is around the age of 2 months and lack about 300 GB of files that have been added since the last backup.  Can I recover a good part of the missing data (about 60 GB) back to the source and copying/download files, but there are still about 240 GB that I can't copy (source no longer exists).  My fault for not having more recent backups, but worse is still not a TOTAL loss (about 85 percent recovered from backup & original sources).  All disks in the guest system VMDK is stored on a separate DSS and have experienced good backups of the primary system on a separate disk drives).

  Any assistance with this would be much appreciated!

  Thank you

  Brian

  Ok...

  So, after several weeks and countless hours my best, I finally decided to give up and call it closes unexpectedly.  Finally, I reformatted the hard drive and rebuilt the RAID from scratch - it is just the initial synchronization now and I will fully bring my last backup to the table at this stage ends.  The most important things I have known and confirmed backups of already, but I'll never recover the archival footage that I had done previous laptops, but at least it's not a TOTAL loss.  I've not spent by them in a long time, so I doubt that something very important, but there are still some bugs the stew out of me.

  What bothers me more, however, is the lack of response at all here.  I read on previous posts on the subject, describes the situation in detail as well as what I need help with, and after 3 weeks and 60 views... nothing.  I thought that VMware would have an active, reactive and useful community much more than that and I must say that I am very disappointed.  I hope that all those who might find themselves in this situation is able to get the help they need.

  I hope everyone has a great 2014!

• Flat VMDK

  What is flat VMDK?

  Thank you

  Prashant

  The flat VMDK file is the "real" data file The 'normal' VMDK file is simply the discribtion file (where the flat file etc.)

  Kind regards

  Mario

• Help - all files flat.vmdk showing-1 KB

  Hi all

  I am fearing the worst, but thought I'd ask the question in any way.  We had a power outage last night and the UPS has not stopped the our virtual machines (it's a long story).

  When the power came back, I tried to restart the virtual machines, but I get the same error for each a saying

  Has no power on VM
  Could not power on VM: invalid metadata.
  Failed to initialize file ' / vmfs/volumes/xxxxxxxx ': invalid metadata

  When I look at flat.vmdk files, it is said that they are 1 KB size and modified on December 31, 1969.

  Has anyone ever seen this before and most importantly, can I recover my machines without resorting to a backup?

  TIA

  Welcome to the community,

  I've never seen anything like this. I strongly recommend that you immediately open a call with VMware, if there are important data on these virtual machines which cannot be restored from the backup...

  André

• Create the FVO with flat vmdk

  Hey,.

  I am trying to build a utility that generates an OVF, given a flat.vmdk and a hard with the descriptor. But I found only streamOptimized discs will export correctly, however they take built-in descriptors. I use to deploy an ovf VSphere 4.

  " In the FVO, I have the disc format to be ovf:format = ' http://www.VMware.com/interfaces/specifications/VMDK.html#streamOptimized "." This works perfectly well until VSphere allows you to read the vmdk file where it gives the error message "error loading file C:\path\to\scsi0_0.vmdk to the server. I/O VMDK header reading "exception, where the header is,

  # Disk DescriptorFile
  version = 1
  CID = fffffffe
  parentCID = ffffffff
  createType = streamOptimized
  # Description of extend
  RW 16777216 DISH "scsi0_0 - flat hard."
  # The database disk
  #DDB
  ddb.virtualHWVersion = "7".
  ddb.adapterType = "free".
  DDB. Geometry.Heads = "64".
  DDB. Geometry.sectors = "32".
  DDB. Geometry.Cylinders = "8192"

  I guess my question is, ovfs deployment supports any other format other than streamOptimized where I can use a flat.vmdk and a hard?

  Thank you

  Kyle

  The file descriptor will be created during the FVO is imported to the ESXi host.

• What is flat.vmdk

  What is flat.vmdk in vmware, how do you describe?

  According to the virtual disk format, each virtual disk consists of 2 (or more) files. The file descriptor/header vmdk (only a few hundred bytes) and the data file named... flat... (if it is a basic disk) or... delta... (if it's a Flash disk).

  André

• deleted all vm outside the flat vmdk files - recovery?

  In a moment of madness I accidentally tried to remove a virtual machine from a data store. All updated files other than the flat vmdk file then deleted... It is not a critical system, but I still prefer to retrieve by using the existing if possible vmdk file. Since it is a flat file without descriptor I can not simply use it as basis for a new virtual machine, then how would you go to get it? In my view, a provisioning was not used, so should I just copy on a linux machine, it mount it and copy the relevant files or I can pick it up in esx - i?

  Edit: I should probably add that I know the exact size of the disc, but when I try to create new disks I can't manage to get split into flat vmdk / basic (with an idea of just using the new disks for the old descriptor)

  Take a look at sanbarrow.com for some details on this kind of issue, but basically, you can follow this process

  (1) create a new virtual machine with the same disc than the old size.

  (2) copy the file descriptor on file with just the file flat.vmdk left.

  (3) change the descriptor file (hard) and update to point to the old file flat.vmdk.

  (4) allowing the VM.

  (5) change the new virtual machine and delete the virtual HD.

  (6) copy the old file to the new folder VM with vmkfstools.

  (7) to change the new virtual machine and add a file of existing (using the new copy) drive.

  (8) to turn on the virtual machine.

  But before that, you can you

  1) check for us if the virtual machine still works

  (2) post a list of the folder where the virtual computer files were (with the-l option to show the size of the file).

  (3) can you tell me what VMware product and version are you using?  I guess ESXi 3.5 but it would be preferable to confirm.

  Dave

  VMware communities user moderator

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• Where is the *-flat.vmdk file?

  We have a pretty basic setup with run vm bit at the moment.  ESX 3.5 update 4 clinging to an iSCSI san.  I have install on ten VM and used almost all the flaws on them except for the size of the disk and memory.  I'm a bit puzzled as to why I can't see the file SERVERNAME - flat hard in the directory of the virtual machine on the SAN.  While browsing the vm files, I can see all other files associated with each virtual machine, just none of the flat - files.  Can someone explain to me why this is?  Should I see them there?  They are there and I can't see them?

  Thanks for any info...

  Connect to the server (command line like) with ssh

  -Flat.vmdk file will be in the main directory for this virtual machine, / vmfs/volumes/SOMEVOLNAME/somVMname

  for example

  Connect as: harryc

  harryc@vmhost09's password:

  Last login: Thursday, June 18 at 12:59:39 10.2.17.60 2009

  -bash - 2.05 b$ -.

  Password:

  CD/vmfs/volumes of #.

  # ls

  45c89e69-ddadecba-726c-00145e7a8c70 vmimages-SVC

  45c89f0a-474feae2-78fc-00145e7a8c70-vmlun103-SVC

  45f97d79-12a145cf-CDCB-00145e7a8c70-vmlun104-SVC

  45f99a14-dde7d851-39da-00145e7a8c70-vmlun105-SVC

  4601 has 129-7f6bed16-68cb-00145e7a8c70-vmlun106-SVC

  461fa42f-9271e5d8-3e36-00145e7a0430-vmlun107-SVCX

  4638b6ad-cc0687dd-c36c-00145e7a0430-vmlun108-SVC

  47b9fe78-79724ba2-96bd-00145e7a0430 vmlun109

  47baf0b7-2020ba08-df92-00145e7a0430 vmlun110

  47e17f29-a161945c-2bdb-00145e7a0430 vmlun111

  491031dd-18a60f60-1465-001e686564c2 VMLUN_200

  4995e39d - 2942762a - 83-001e686564c2 vmlunCLM-SVCX 0d

  # cd vmlun109

  # ls

  chgsandbox02 chgsms01 loadmon01 MODEL-Exc-Rcvr

  # cd chgsms01

  # ls-l

  Total 262147904

  -rw - rr 1 root root 37 20 March 2008 chgsms01 - 04191d0a.hlog

  -rw - 1 root root 4294967296 16 June at 15:25 chgsms01 - 04191d0a.vswp

  -rw - 1 root root 10737418240 16 June at 15:24 chgsms01_1 - flat hard

  -rw - 1 root root 342 16 June at 15:28 chgsms01_1.vmdk

  -rw - 1 root root 107374182400 16 June at 15:24 chgsms01_2 - flat hard

  -rw - 1 root root 344 16 June at 15:28 chgsms01_2.vmdk

  -rw - 1 root root 17179869184 16 June at 15:01 chgsms01_3 - flat hard

  -rw - 1 root root 342 16 June at 15:28 chgsms01_3.vmdk

  -rw - 1 root root 107374182400 16 June at 15:25 chgsms01_4 - flat hard

  -rw - 1 root root 344 16 June at 15:28 chgsms01_4.vmdk

  -rw - 1 root root 21474836480 17 June to 03:33 chgsms01 - flat hard

  -rw - 1 root root 8664 16 June at 15:26 chgsms01.nvram

  -rw - 1 root root 340 16 June at 15:28 chgsms01.vmdk

  -rw - 1 root root 0 chgsms01.vmsd on February 19, 2008

  -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2263 18 June at 10:03 chgsms01.vmx

  -rw - 1 root root 252 18 June at 10:03 chgsms01.vmxf

  -rw - rr 1 root root 192451 November 4, 2008 vmware - 13.log

  -rw - rr 1 root root 8174 20 March 2008 vmware - 14.log

  -rw - rr 1 root root 8174 20 March 2008 vmware - 15.log

  -rw - rr 1 root root 94849 28 Jan 09:52 vmware - 16.log

  -rw - rr 1 root root 100915 20 May 09:00 vmware - 17.log

  -rw - rr 1 root root 45528 16 June at 15:25 vmware - 18.log

  -rw - rr 1 root root 35220 18 June at 10:03 vmware.log

  #

• Corrupt VM - vmdk merged and flat.vmdk, operating system not found

  I got a suspended virtual machine. I tried to reset it, he failed in this weird State and after 10 minutes it allowed me to turn on. The metadata files were missing when I scoured the data store. I saw a file flat.vmdk.

  So, I created the vmdk file by using the http://www.phdvirtual.com/wrapgenstub creator. Once I copied the hard file I created in the flat.vmdk folder, I could see the file merged into the store data as a virtual disk, earlier, it was just a file. My next step was I created a virtual machine with a similar name and serves the existing vmdk file disk that I merged just for her.

  I checked the size to match the original size of the disk. I get "not found operating system". I could make the progress of this community messages so far, so thank you VMware for this set up and if someone can help me here, that would be great.

  -DA

  Hello

  I could very well be that something was wrong. If you have the original file.  Try the guide described here

  http://communities.VMware.com/docs/doc-4040

  Lars Liljeroth

  -

• Flat VMDK files after trying to delete files from data store

  I tried to delete a VMDK file in a data store, because I thought that it was not in use, and I need space. I couldn't get the VM you are looking for the name of the VMDK file, so I thought that the VM has disappeared. Turns out that someone had renamed the virtual machine, when it was actually being used, so I could not remove the VMDK file.

  I searched for the files with Powershell in a data store, and that's how I found this mysterious file in the first place.

  After giving me the error that it couldn't be deleted, the file does not appear in the search more and the name of the file has been replaced by *-dish. VMDK, I think, and the column by specifying the Type just said file, instead of virtual disk. In addition, files not included in the research more.

  Today, a day after, everything is back to normal. Everyone knows this behavior before and could tell me what happened?

  Each virtual disk is actually 2 files: VMname.vmdk and VMname - flat hard

  Unfortunately, the data store browser displays only the VMname... VMDK, but it gives the properties of VMname - flat hard. Use PuTTY, connect to the ESXi host via ssh, navigate to the folder of the virtual machine and use: the - lahtr to list the contents of an authoritarian way. You can also run: - ch to check actual use.

• What is "flat vmdk" & how to clone

  Hi all, in one of my comments converted from VMware Server 1.0.x to ESXi 4, I have this:

  / vmfs/volumes/4ac5c0bb-0b18bcaf-57(d) 0-001a64ca1b3e # ls-l VM2.

  -rw - 1 root root 42949672960 6 Oct 22:02 VM2 - flat hard

  -rw - 1 root root 601 6 Oct 22:01 VM2.vmdk

  -rw - 1 root root 0 6 Oct 16:45 VM2.vmsd

  -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1255 6 Oct 16:46 VM2.vmx

  -rw - 1 root root 262 6 Oct 16:46 VM2.vmxf

  Can I clone using vmkfstool - i, if so, should I do it on both vmdk files?

  What is file VM2 - flat hard? What is the difference with vmdk without word "flat"?

  Thank you.

  The flat file contains the data of the virtual disk, the virtual disk.

  The other file contains a pointer to the flat file and SMEs more information about this. You can read it's a text file. But do not change it!

  When you want to clone, you can use the appropriate option in VCenter or copy all of the files manually hard.

  AWo

  VCP / VMware vEXPERT 2009

• How determine the size of the flat.vmdk when all you have is a delta

  I need to find a way to determine the face of the virtual disk size parent but all that I've got a delta.vmdk

  the original descriptor of the delta.vmdk wiped white
  No logfiles, the vmsd vmsn files or similar there are other sources

  all I have is the *-delta.vmdk

  any ideas?

  Here is what I get when I add the delta file to a new virtual machine and the new vmdk. Size in the descriptor of the new vmdk and fixed delta.vmdk, the CID, VMX etc.

  Open "/ vmfs/volumes/8798ec34-05faf745/junk/ladybug1-000001.vmdk" (flags 0 x 8, type vmfsSparse).
  2011 04-05 T 22: 58:42.045Z | VMX | DISKLIB-VMFS: VmfsExtentCommonOpen: truncation realSize (?) as much as possible is 16777216, size in 40226760 descriptor.

  40226760 is correct. The 16777216 is the size of the new empty vmdk.

• No encuentro los hard

  I have a problem, I need import unos hard y no los encuentros. Put en otras MV is ven todos estos ficheros don't sin problema, pero como casi siempre happens only in that mas No. imprta no estos appears. As pudo haber pasado than desaparecieron asi como estos if nada. Tengo mi infrastructure montada en VC 4.1

  Hello that tal,

  At revisado por linea of commandos, para verificar as estos discos VMDK efectivamente exist?  Sometimes los archivos vmdk is corrompen, pero los archivos flat.vmdk crowds intactos, comprometer recover los discos sin Mayor problema.  Cuando hay problemas no con el archivo vmdk, none are raro no visible sean has traves of vSphere Client, pero por linea comandos debieras verlo sin problemas.

  Saludos,

  Patricio Cerda

• Recover a file VMDK Snapshoted / consolidate a snapshot

  Hello

  I have a very big problem and I don't know how to deal with in the right way, I had a few old server that was set up with the weekly snapshots.

  and we have some hardware problem with the server that cause some files to capture instant adeleted the data store ccidentally.

  We can recover some of the vmdk files.

  image attached with files you can find on the server.

  We tried a few steps in order to recover the machine (change on vm vmdk configure / create a new snapshot, and delete everything in the Snapshot Manager)-I was able to turn it on with the flat vmdk, but the data is less 6 months ago.

  I found a few articles on consolidate an instant snapshot and difficulty of string but I did not really understand how to go about it.

  What should I do? Is it possible to merge these files or extract files from them?

  

  Okay, so what I found in the files and file sizes I rebuilt an instant string possible.

  The string is: 5-> 4-> 1->->->-> db1.vmdk 6 2 14

  I had to modify two files hard (see attachment). The first fix was on no. 14 that indicated a snapshot does not exist n13. The (next) one parent that makes sense here is no. 2, so I went no. 14, no. 2. The second challenge was to change the parrentCID No. 6 to match the basic disk CID. The reason for this shift is more likely, because you have turned on on the virtual machine with db1. vmdk used as virtual virtual machine disk.

  What I recommend you do now, is to replace the two .. the VMDK (12 and 6) files with those that I have attached to this post and then clone the virtual disk from the command line by running vmkfstools-i db1 - 000005.vmdk db1 - clone.vmdk

  The next step is to attach the newly created clone as an additional virtual disk with a help of VM, or - if you want to see if the VM is able to start - fix it db1 - clone.vmdk directly on the virtual machine from db1. In the second case, please create a new snapshot before you turn the virtual machine with the cloned virtual disk. In this way that the db1 - clone.vmdk will not be changed.

  In no case be prepared there could be corruption in the file system of the client!

  André

• VMDK crushed by scp - how to recover

  Hi all

  yesterday, shit that's happened. I accidentally ran over an important (read: lots of work has been put in) flat vmdk file with scp.

  I was in/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/and did something like scp - r VM root @ownip:/ /vmfs/volumes/datastore1 /

  The scp was executed and copied about 2 GB, which is now the new drive size. In a panic, I closed the session of the scp and the copy stopped.

  Thus, the vmdk file is "replaced" by a new file of 2 GB. Of course the virtual machine is not running right now.

  Although I don't have a lot of confidence to find a working solution, I would like to know if someone knows things I can try?

  Google does not give me sufficient responses at the moment...

  Do not delete VMDK accidentally if you use ESXi 5.5 or 6

  Take a look at the post above (url), written by continuumcontinuum, it might be able to help.