VMware fusion crashed again on me and now my VM won't start and there are some issues in the vmware.log file stating that a Grain is pointed to by multiple GTEs. André (a_p_) was able to help me out last time 🙂
The exact size of the file Virtual Disk-s013.vmdk is 1,737,293,824 bytes.
I have attached a zip containing the metadata and vmware.log file. Any help would be appreciated!
Here we go. Like with your previous issue, the pointers to two 64kB blocks have to be zeroed out:
printf '\x00' | dd of="Virtual Disk-s013.vmdk" bs=1 seek=115777 count=1 conv=notrunc
printf '\x00' | dd of="Virtual Disk-s013.vmdk" bs=1 seek=115778 count=1 conv=notrunc
printf '\x00' | dd of="Virtual Disk-s013.vmdk" bs=1 seek=115780 count=1 conv=notrunc
printf '\x00' | dd of="Virtual Disk-s013.vmdk" bs=1 seek=115781 count=1 conv=notrunc
printf '\x00' | dd of="Virtual Disk-s013.vmdk" bs=1 seek=115782 count=1 conv=notrunc
printf '\x00' | dd of="Virtual Disk-s013.vmdk" bs=1 seek=376385 count=1 conv=notrunc
printf '\x00' | dd of="Virtual Disk-s013.vmdk" bs=1 seek=376386 count=1 conv=notrunc
printf '\x00' | dd of="Virtual Disk-s013.vmdk" bs=1 seek=376388 count=1 conv=notrunc
printf '\x00' | dd of="Virtual Disk-s013.vmdk" bs=1 seek=376389 count=1 conv=notrunc
printf '\x00' | dd of="Virtual Disk-s013.vmdk" bs=1 seek=376390 count=1 conv=notrunc
Please note that the vmware.log also shows an issues with Disk-005.vmdk. Please ensure that you have a current backup of the VM's files/folder.
André
Might I suggest that it's time for a backup strategy? Time machine is unreliable - either copy the VM's manually (when shut down preferably, or at least suspended), or use a tool like @wila developers.