VM dont recognize the virtual disk

[vinicius1983]

Hi guys!

I have two virtual disks, one of those for SO and another for data!.

I've been using for Open Media Vault (NAS)

data=HD physical=  1.5TB which of I reserved 600GB for the Open Media Vault.

Suddenly, the disk of data stop working and closed the VMware.

I restarted and tried to restart the SO, but doesn't work!.

I remove the second virtual disk (600GB), then does work!

When I tried to add this virtual disk(600GB), which has already data, but I get the message:   The system cannot find the file specified.

I don't know if I made myself clear!.

Can someone help me?

I will appreciate it in advance.

[continuum]

Please attach a list of all the files in the VM directory and attach all vmware*.log files to your next reply.

[vinicius1983]

hi, continuum​

[vinicius1983]

Two pictures from directory.

[continuum]

Hi
please check your first attached image - cant open it.
I NEED to see the size of the files - so make sure your view in explorer shows details.
The vmware.logs do not show any error when you last tried to run this VM ?
So please delete the current "vmware.log" and try to launch the VM again.
Attach the new vmware.log

[vinicius1983]

Hi,

I ran this VM yesterday when the problems start.

I run the VM normally but the problem is the virtual disk which of I can't be mounted (print VM4).

In that print shows the only HD of 20 GB (SO=Open Media vault), but still missing the (600GB), which I tried to mount but unfortunately can't open it (print VM4).

The size of files (print VM2 and VM3).

Files of VM (print VM).

Thanks for your help.

[continuum]

Please attach

/home/vin/Pictures/openMediaVault-0.vmdk

openMediaVault.vmdk

I dont see any hints to your missing 600 gb vmdk.
You seem to have one 20gb vmdk - thats the /home/vin/vmware/openMediaVault/openMediaVault.vmdk
and one 100 gb vmdk - thats /home/vin/Pictures/openMediaVault-0.vmdk.
So somehow this does not add up ???

[vinicius1983]

Hi,

Yes, you are right about no hints of missing some virtual disk.

But i attached some prints.

My question is why the VMWare don't  recognize that file?

[continuum]

> My question is why the VMWare don't  recognize that file?
Do you mean the file /dev/sdb1 ?

sdb1 is a block device and Workstation does not use block devices directly.
You can use block devices but you have to create a vmdk descriptorfile for it.
None of your logs or screenshots show that you ever created such a descriptorfile.
You need to use the wizard and create a new vmdk - select the option "use physical disk"

[vinicius1983]

Hi,

Do you mean the file /dev/sdb1 ?

Yeah!. Look at print (HD1) I attached the print (hd1). These virtual disk files are the HD of 600GB inside of HD Fenix=(Physical HD=1.5TB).

I have  HD Fenix  (print HD1), which I created inside the virtual disk, with 600GB as second HD of Open Media Vault.

[wila]

Hi,

Very confusing all. Your screenprint HD is from within the guest?

The other picture lists vmdk files and it looks like you are missing a vmdk file (OpenMediaVault-0-s014.vmdk)

But then your zipped vmdk file only talks about OpenMediaVault-s001.vmdk to OpenMediaVault-s006.vmdk - which is a smaller disk ??

edit: Right, reread the thread and I understand, you attached the vmdk from the working disk, you should have attached OpenMediaVault-0.vmdk instead.

--

Wil

[vinicius1983]

Hi, wila​

Ok, I attached the OpenMediaVault-0.vmdk

Plus add the link of video which of i recorded from my desktop. I hope this explain better than i have tried.

VMware - YouTube

Thank you!

[continuum]

"openMediaVault-0-s014.vmdk" seems to be missing.
To fix that copy "openMediaVault-0-s016.vmdk" to "openMediaVault-0-s014.vmdk"
That will not be a clean fix but the corruption should be tolerable.
By the way - next time you run into an issue like this please report the problems by making a file-listing like ls -lah > filelist.txt
That would be way easier to handle for us than this screenshots or videos you posted.

[vinicius1983]

By the way - next time you run into an issue like this please report the problems by making a file-listing like ls -lah > filelist.txt

That would be way easier to handle for us than this screenshots or videos you posted.

Hi,

Sorry about that.

You are right.

Look the file attached, VMware.txt

But i can't move the "copy" file when the file corrupted still there.

First do i have to remove "openMediaVault-0-s014.vmdk" corrupted then i copy the new  "openMediaVault-0-s014.vmdk" ?
or there is a way do recovery that file?.

[continuum · Accepted solution]

Delete those corrupt  *s014.vmdk files.
And replace it with a renamed copy of openMediaVault-0-s031.vmdk.
That should be better than to use the *-s016.vmdk as I suggested in last post

[vinicius1983]

It's works guys!.

I changed like you say!.

Thank you so much, continuum​