Accidentially Removed ALL VM Permissions

[bigusdadius]

While working in my lab I accidentally removed ALL permissions from a VM. The VM no longer shows up in VC and when I try recreating it I receive the message that it already exists. Any ideas??

[admin]

Find out which host the VM is running on (if you don't already know) by running vmware-cmd -l[/b] on each host until you find it.

Then try unregistering and re-registering the VM from the host using vmware-cmd.

[jjohnston1127]

Also, try using the VI Client and logging in as root to connect directly to your ESX host(s) until you find the VM. You can modify permissions there.

[bretti · Accepted solution]

If you remember which disk the vm was stored on, you can use the datastore browser to find the .vmx file for the vm and register it back into the inventory.

[hicksj]

What version of VC are your running?

I've tried to do this intentionally, but VC (2.0.1) would not allow me to do so. I'm curious how you accomplished this.

Thanks,

J