vmdk overwritten by scp - how to recover

[NicoDel]

Hi All,

yesterday, shit happend. I've accidentally overwritten an important (read: a lot of work was 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 running and copied about 2 GB, which is now the new disk size. In panic, I closed the scp session and copy stopped.

So, the vmdk file is 'overwritten' by a new file of 2 GB. Offcourse the VM does not want to run at this moment.

Allthough I do not have a lot of trust in finding a working solution, I would like to know if someone knows about things I can try?

Google doesn't give me sufficient answers at this moment...

[npadmani · Accepted solution]

Don't delete vmdks accidentaly if you are using ESXi 5.5 or 6

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

[continuum]

Hello
Did you find a solution or did you give up ?
Feel free to call me if you still need help
Ulli