Unable to attach vmdk file a new vm after original vm crashed

[stolmax1]

I have esxi 6.5 and run number of ubuntu vms. I tried to install vm tools on one vm but something happened and I was not able to restart it, it looks like it crashed. I unregistered the vm, created a new one and tried to add a drive to it by picking an existing vmdk file as the article suggested. Unfortunately, I was not able to do it. The system does not show me existing vmdk files as available for this operation. When I go to the datastore browser I see 2 vmdk files:

1. -000002-delta.vmdk

2. -flat.vmdk

but these files are not being displayed when i try to pick them while installing new drive. I think a descriptor file or something else got corrupted. Need urgent help. Please advise. thanks

Max

[a_p_]

If these are the only .vmdk files, then you need to manually recreate the required descriptor files.

If you want/need assistance, run ls -lisa > filelist.txt from a command line in the VM's folder, then download filelist.txt as well as the VM's .vmx file from the datastore. Then compress/zip the two files and attach the .zip archive to your next reply.

André