VMDK file not recognized as a virtual disk

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• VMDK file not recognized

  I have a tfrom a vmdk file backup IVMS that I'm putting on another server and when I try to add it and the high point location data store some files appear so I can't restore my files.  The file is quite larre so I can't move it too locatoins but I tried different with the same results. The file is called... on server_1 - flat hard.  Is there a reason that this file cannot be mounted.  Any help is appreciated.  Thank you

  Each virtual disk on ESXi consists of two files. The data file (-flat.vmdk or - delta.vmdk) and the hard header/descriptor file. From what you write, it looks like the hard file header is missing. Please take a look at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1002511 for details to recreate the header file. If you are not sure, please provide details of the - flat.vmdk file (exact name, size in bytes, and the question of whether she was thin or thick put in service).

  André

• My vmdk files not visible from vpshere but visible from ssh console

  Hello

  I would use my dataontap virtual appliance of Netapp communities tar file.

  Their installation guide, they show just to put this on the data store tar file.

  This tar file contains the following files:

  DataONTAP.vmdk

  DataONTAP.vmx

  DataONTAP - flat hard

  DataONTAP - nvram.vmdk

  DataONTAP-nvram - flat hard

  DataONTAP - s001.vmdk by DataONTAP - s126.vmdk (126 disk files)

  DataONTAP - sim.vmdk

  DataONTAP - var.vmdk

  DataONTAP-var - flat hard

  I put this vsphere on the data store file and extract it to ssh connection on esxi with the command "tar".

  All files are now visible to PuTTY connection on esxi

  1 / but when I browse datastore, I see not all vmdk files. (missing 126 files on disk)

  2 / when I turn, this virtual machine, I have this error "DataONTAP - sim.vmdk file not found on /vmfs/volumes.../.

  But this file exist on the path specified error.

  Configuration:

  ESXi 5.1, NFS datastore.

  Stand-alone node (without cluster)

  No vcenter

  Spatial data store are free and available.

  Checksum for this tar file are OK.

  Thank you very much

  Concerning

  The files in the archive are the data files, and not the descriptor. I guess DataONTAP - sim.vmdk is the file descriptor for these files DataONTAP - sXXX.vmdk . To ensure that this is the case, please attach the DataONTAP - sim.vmdk.

  If this is the case, here are the steps that should make the usable virtual machine:

  1. load the muliextent module
     vmkload_mod multiextent
  2. Rename the virtual disk file to a temporary file name
     vmkfstools EI DataONTAP - sim.vmdk DataONTAP-sim - old.vmdk
  3. clone the virtual disk in a format supported the original file name
     vmkfstools-i DataONTAP-sim - old.vmdk DataONTAP - sim.vmdk - d thin - an ide
  4. unload the module multiextent
     multiextent vmkload_mod-u

  At this point, you should be able to turn on the virtual machine. If everything works as expected, you can delete all the temporary files of DataONTAP-sim-old * hard .

  André

• Play a suspended virtual machine, vmdk file not found or the specified file is not a virtual disk

  Hi, I have a problem that I can't solve with the usual methods.

  My data

  • software: VMVware Workstation 6.5.1 build 126130

  • Host: NB HP Compaq 2510p with 2 GB of ram

  • OS: Windows XP Pro SP3 5.12.2600

  I have a Win XP Pro SP3 computer virtual created for my work:

  • 6-5 - 7.0 VM workstation

  • RAM: 512 MB

  • Windows XP Pro operating system

  • Processors: 1

  • CDRom: Autodetect

  • Floppy: Autodetect

  • USB: present

  • Sound card: Autodetect

  • Display: Autodetect

  • HARD drive is divided into 2 GB files

  The problem lies in the HARD disk:

  • 40 GB declared

  • 0 MB recognized by the system

  My VM was functional complete. After a suspension

  • The State remains suspended

  • When I try to resume, a pop-up window will appear "file not found: IATROS VM.vmdk" go through it...

  the vmdk file exists (see my attached files).

  When I try to see the features on the parameters, appears "the specified file is not a virtual disk" and all data in the pop-up are unknown or missing.

  I tryied to use the vmware_vdiskmanager with the command vmware - vdiskmanager.exe - R 'e:\appo1\IATROS VM.vmdk' in vain also.

  I think that it is necessary to recreate a file descriptor for disc divided into 2 GB files.

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsotes/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 1026266

  but, if we compare the contents of the VMDK file with the discussion in the article, there seems to be no problem of format or content.

  There are suggestions to solve the problem?

  can I await your response?

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• Windows 7 a vmdk file not found, cannot open the file '... Virtual Machines.localized/Windows 7.vmwarevm/Windows 7. VMDK

  Could not open the file ".../Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/Windows 7.vmwarevm/Windows 7.vmdk:

  Help, please. I copied this over from a backup and it does not open. I joined the collection of support...

  Thank you very much!

  B

  it2webber wrote: could not open the file ".../Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/Windows 7.vmwarevm/Windows 7.vmdk:

  Help, please. I copied this over from a backup and it does not open.

  How the Virtual Machine has been backed up and restored?  If Time Machine then...

  It is a known fact that Time Machine is not 100% reliable backing up/restoring VMS in all circumstances/conditions.  Also back up Virtual Machines via Time Machine of disk/time intensive and wastes a lot of space for something that may be corrupted and worthless time to restore it.  At least I would exclude the Virtual Machines with virtual machines and Time Machine shutdown, not suspended and VMware Fusion closed and then manually copy the VMS to another location, preferably on a different physical hard drive.  So keep the user data stored in the virtual machine saved out of the Virtual Machine on a regular basis in order to always have a backup of the current user data.  If you need to restore a properly saved by VM is not as common at least you will have a virtual working Machine and data user to go forward with when you find out your Time Machine backup of the virtual machine fails.  Also take a look at: best practices for backup of virtual machine (programs and data) in VMware Fusion (1013628)

  That said, if you don't have a copy of the file "Windows 7 - f004.vmdk" and then to try to retrieve the data from the user, you can try the following:

  Download then unzip it (double-click on) the joint "Windows_7 - f004.vmdk.zip" file that contains the file "Windows 7 - f004.vmdk ' an empty logical binary measure that has been created on the metric of the existing drive and add to the Package of the Virtual Machine.  This should allow the VHD to be considered as a virtual hard drive, assuming that there is no damage to the extent of the binary left headers.  Take a look on: work with Virtual Machine packages

  At this point, that the VHD has the scope necessary to show as a full disk, assuming that it is not corrupt the header in other binary extensions and can now attempt to access for the recovery of user data.

  There are several ways to try to retrieve user data.  The easy, although not necessarily work properly according to what now lack us due to replace the missing binary extensions with a logical empty measure, is trying to start the VM normally.  If the virtual machine starts up on the desk and VMware Tools load properly you should be able to copy your data to user off on a USB or slip and fall on the side of Mac or if you have a configured VMware folder then copy the files through it.

  Other methods involve starting the Virtual Machine with a Live OS ISO Image and copy files from a USB key or temporarily assemble the VHD to another Virtual Machine work.

  With the right tools installed the virtual hard disk could also be mounted as another accessible Volume through Finder.

• Windows 7 vmdk file not found, but it's really there...

  Had a running instance of MAX OS 10.9.2 Fusion 6 and a VM Windows 7, everything worked fine.  Had to reinstall the operating system using the procedure of restoration of Mac (alt - R during startup) to remove stuff JAMF Casper and re - take control of my machine after leaving a company. After recovery / re-install of OS X... I tried to use the original VM file and the merger could not find the vmdk files. So I restored a "Windows 7.vmwarevm" VM file Time machine. Same exact results... Fusion is up fine, recognizes the Windows 7 VM, but is not able to find the file "Windows 7.vmdk". When I try to start the virtual machine, I get the error message "could not open the file" / users/brucekreis/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized / 7.vmwarevm/Windows 7.vmdk Windows ":"the system cannot find the specified file". ".

  
  

  I can see it in a terminal window, checked that I am the owner of all files and directories in the tree, and they have at least the permissions for the owner, RW read only for all the rest... I changed the permissions to all access for files and dir (chmod-r 777 < dir >) tree and even reset the ACL (r n < dir > chmod). I can change the configuration files using the console VMware fusion library and check that it changes through the terminal window.  I tried to delete the .lck files and catch instant and re-did the file .vxm to the 7.vmdk Windows, without any change in the error message.

  
  

  I always suspect permissions, ACL, or something dealing with the recovery changed. I restored the original file .vmwarevm yet once, so you can see it of original state before I started to make changes and ran the util to collect information of technical support. I attached the zip file.

  FWIW... I tried to import the virtual machine and create a new virtual machine from this instance, but it is gray in molten selection windows, as if it is not recognized as a valid VM.

  Thank you in advance...

  You are missing two scopes binary "twoGbMaxExtentSparse', a basic disk, and the other from the first snapshot disk.

  Windows 7 - s009.vmdk

  Windows 7-000001 - s008.vmdk

  It is a workaround solution mainly for the express purpose of recovering data from the user, which is stored in the virtual hard disk, not necessarily get working 100% again.

  Copy Windows 7 - s040.vmdk for Windows 7 - s009.vmdk and Windows 7-000001 - s039.vmdk for Windows 7-000001 - s008.vmdk.

  This replaces the missing binary extensions with empty extents.  This allows VMware Fusion a string of competition and makes it look like a complete set of files hard.

  The problem is the two missing bodies, look at the size of each before and after, there will be some lack of content.  How the mission critical, can not say.

  You can try to start normally or start first with an ISO Image live and make recovering data first, and then try to run normally.  I can't say exactly what will be broken/missing except however backups clean* you don't have much choice.

  ==========

  * It is a known fact that Time Machine is not 100% reliable backing up/restoring VMS in all circumstances/conditions.  Also back up Virtual Machines via Time Machine of disk/time intensive and wastes a lot of space for something that may be corrupted and worthless time to restore it.  At least I would exclude the Virtual Machines with virtual machines and Time Machine shutdown, not suspended and VMware Fusion closed and then manually copy the VMS to another location, preferably on a different physical hard drive.  So keep the user data stored in the virtual machine saved out of the Virtual Machine on a regular basis in order to always have a backup of the current user data.  If you need to restore a properly saved by VM is not as common at least you will have a virtual working Machine and data user to go forward with when you find out your Time Machine backup of the virtual machine fails.

  Also take a look at: best practices for backup of virtual machine (programs and data) in VMware Fusion (1013628)

• VMDK file not found - but it's there!

  I have a client who has problems with a virtual machine.

  Running Windows 7 Home 64 bit.

  VMWorkstation 6.5.1

  VM is supposed to be running Windows XP Professional, but I get the message

  "File not found: Windows XP Professional.vmdk.

  This file is required to power on this virtual machine.  If this file has been moved, please provide its new location. »

  This hard file is 0KB.

  What is corrupt and how to fix it?

  See attached the results of support.vbs.

  First of all, you said it was 0 KB and existing in the screenshot is the same size and the date and time as the .vmem file, so I suspect that you copied the .vmem file and renamed him so it's really not a hard file.  You can not just arbitrarily copy and rename the files from one type to another type to solve this problem!   Even if it was a hard file, it is corrupted by the entries in the .log file and at this size, there is nothing to fix even if it was the original hard that the guest operating system has been installed has him toast now.

• New virtual file server using an existing virtual disk

  Hello world

  Recently, I update our hosts ESX3.02 3 vSphere4. Everything went well

  I am now trying to build new Server 2008 R2 64-bit virtual machines. I just finished the print server and am now looking at the level of the file server.

  I created the virtual machine and configured the latter as I want with a boot partition and the C drive with the installed operating system... The next step is to sort the data side, i.e. the readers of corporate network. Rather than create and assign the new virtual disks to the new server and a data copy server current to the new, I think a much more simple and less time would be to point to my new file server on the virtual disks of current servers, then assign drive letters in Windows Server.

  I suspect that it is not possible to have two servers sharing the discs at the same time, but this isn't a problem that, off hours, I close the current, start a new, point to the current virtual disks, assign letters D and E test and then delete the old file server.

  Is this possible and if so what are the implications re file sharing, permissions etc.? The current folder and the file ACL to stay?

  Any info would be greatly appreciated.

  Thank you

  You are right. You can detach a disk from a Windows VM and attach it to the other. You can "do simultaneously, unless you use some sort of cluster management system.

  About the ACL, I am not able to guarantee that they will continue, but I think that NTFS is "good enough" to do this.

  Marcelo Soares

  VMWare Certified Professional 310/410

  Master virtualization technology

  Globant Argentina

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• Machines Windows does not start with 2 virtual disks different on 2 different

  Hello

  With the help of esx.3.5.0 update 3

  I have a problem where if I have a new VM to win 7 or Win 2008 r2 with or without vmtools.

  If I reboot it up to 10 times without having to install anything, whether he'll join the black windows loading screen, then restart and then restart and try to start in safe mode, it still does not start.  the machine rendering it useless.

  The single element only on these virtual machines is as follows.

  Windows machines have 2 different virtual disks 1 on a lun, VMFS (vmfs version 3.21 c:) and a RDM VMFS (d :))

  3 questions

  Is it a problem to have 2 different discs with 2 different stores file types?

  Would this questions we see above?

  Also, I thought that you might not? VMotion/clone? a virtual machine if she drives in 2 different places?

  I tested and I can vmotion live VM with records stored on 2 different LUN.

  Hello.

  With the help of esx.3.5.0 update 3

  I have a problem where if I have a new VM to win 7 or Win 2008 r2 with or without vmtools.

  If I reboot it up to 10 times without having to install anything, whether he'll join the black screen windows loading and then restart and then restart and try to start to > safe mode, it will not even start.  the machine rendering it useless.

  Windows 7 and 2008 R2 are not supported in this version.  5 update brings support for these two operating systems.  Go to U5, maybe it's the solution.

  3 questions

  Is it a problem to have 2 different discs with 2 different stores file types?

  Laughing out loud

  Would this questions we see above?

  It is unlikely.

  Also, I thought that you might not? VMotion/clone? a virtual machine if she drives in 2 different places?

  I tested and I can vmotion live VM with records stored on 2 different LUN.

  VMotion requires shared storage.  Local storage would be a problem if you tried to change hosts.

  also would it be a problem if 1 store was running 3.2.1 vmfs and other store runs 3.31 and a v on each disc is used for the VM 1?

  Lol this is explained in KB 1005325.

  Good luck!

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  samardak,
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