Hello all,
I have a corrupted delta vmdk, trac_1-000001-delta.vmdk, that so far always returned input/output error when copied (it will always stop after 8 GB out 11 GB file as you can see the sizes of trac_1-000001-delta.vmdk.backup), or when I run "/usr/sbin/vmkfstools -i trac_1.000001.vmdk trac_1-recover.000001.vmdk". So far, I am able to recover a complete, but dated version of the VM using trac-flat.vmdk and trac_1-flat.vmdk so the base files are good. But I am wondering if there is any way for me to recover any data from the delta vmdk file, specifically, trac_1-000001-delta.vmdk. Since it's a delta vmdk, I cannot just mount it directly. I assume I'll have to use some sort of disk recovery tool to copy it to a "no-bad-sector" location first, but that's just my guess, and I have no idea on how to go about that. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you!
-rw------- 1 root root 8684 Jul 14 16:07 centos-5.4-x86_64-server.nvram
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13 Jul 15 11:36 trac-aux.xml
-rw------- 1 root root 42949672960 Jul 15 11:36 trac-flat.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 590 Jul 15 11:36 trac.vmdk
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 77 Jul 15 11:36 trac.vmsd
-rwx------ 1 root root 3218 Jul 15 11:39 trac.vmx
-rw------- 1 root root 3365 Jul 14 16:07 trac.vmxf
-rw------- 1 root root 12532666368 Jul 14 06:02 trac_1-000001-delta.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 8557830144 Jul 14 16:44 trac_1-000001-delta.vmdk.backup
-rw------- 1 root root 315 Jul 14 13:32 trac_1-000001.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 86016 Jul 14 16:07 trac_1-000003-delta.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 322 Jul 14 16:07 trac_1-000003.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 42949672960 Jul 14 13:22 trac_1-flat.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 592 Jul 14 13:17 trac_1.vmdk
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 47077 Jul 14 13:17 vmware-33.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 70046 Jul 14 13:25 vmware-34.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 50988 Jul 14 13:32 vmware-35.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 50611 Jul 14 13:37 vmware-36.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 50611 Jul 14 13:39 vmware-37.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 50611 Jul 14 16:16 vmware-38.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48871 Jul 15 11:39 vmware.log
try to reach out to data recovery specialist continuum(User)
Hi
recently I had a similar case - just with more snapshots - and was able to recover most of it.
Please avoid using that datastore before we discussed your case.
Ulli