Panic, delete backup VM with vmdk disk of the Principal installation

[Fringui]

Thanks for your attention. I read a lot of post, but i don't find a solution for my problem.

​I do a big mistake.. i have vmware esxi 6.5 on my server.. i try some configuration with a copy of my VM.

After some test i decided to remove the copy of my VM... but i have 2 disk vmdk, 1 is a copy but the second is the original (yes, it's a test error), i delete the VM test, but the system delete the vmdk file of my original system.

​There's a guide or... i don't know system to undelete this file.

​Thanks a lot for your time.

​Fabrizio.

[a_p_]

Try to contact continuum​ via Skype, he's most likely the only one her on VMTN who can help in such a case.

You'll find the contact information in his profile.

André

[continuum]

Hi Fabrizio

please read Cr​eate a VMFS-Header-dump using an ESXi-Host in production | VM-Sickbay​

With a dump like that I may be able to help you.

Call me via skype "sanbarrow"

Ulli

[Fringui]

Perfect!!

Thanks, i will start with this step.

I do it!!

Which string should I look for?

[Fringui]

I do that.

In the txt i found name file of the root and the content of file in txt format.

What can i do now?

I try to write you in skype but you don't reply.. You will surely be busy, I wait

Thanks  continuum​ !!

[Fringui]

I found a solution with my hand.

Simply explain:

Copy in an other disk with DD the disk for the data you need to recover.. i have 100Gb of data... and i copy 120GB.

Take this file and open with UFS exploder standard recovery

That's it!

In my first test i use 100Gb and i found file with the structure of 1 year ago...

Now i try to recover more data... i hope 1TB it's ok.

Stay tuned..

[Fringui]

no way... i try to recover with a lot of software.. i have directory, file.. but all the file (or a lot a part of them.. ) is corrupted.

continuum​, if you have a solution... knock once.

Thanks!

[Fringui]

[Fringui]

No one has got solution or suggest?

I try some software.. every time i foud the content of NTFS fat.. but no one has found the

flat file.

[daphnissov]

No one has got solution or suggest?

Apparently not, so you'll either have to just give it up, come up with some backup, or keep hacking at it. Lessons like these can be powerful and painful to learn. Have backups. Always.

[continuum]

If you want we can have a look together - when you first posted it I was to busy to follow up ....