I hava deleted folder with vmdk accidentenly

[Franck1]

Hello all,

I have a big problem !

I have deleted accidentely an folder on the datastore1 on my server directly from the webpage esxi.

This folder contain all of my server (vmdk and others files)

The version on the esxi is the 6.0.0.

Do you have solution please ? (we are ready for paid solution)

The server take 300Go.

Thank you for your help!!!

Best regards,

Franck

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Read https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Documents/Create-a-VMFS-Header-dump-using-an-ESXi-H...

Create a dump like that asap.

Ulli

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Very important - do NOT write anything on the affected datastore.
Create the dump - if possible - before rebooting the host.

Ulli

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Work is in progress - we expect results before the day is over ....

Ulli

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Apparently the vmdk we are looking for was thin provisioned - thats means that if the vmfs-metadata for the flat.vmdk is gone only the first fragment will be found.
So we only have a few GB .... - not good enough to be useful .....

For the record: if you plan to accidentally delete vmdks or directories in future then use eager zeroed thick provisioning.

Ulli