VMDK's just vanished

[Jamesson]

My server crashed the other day and after restarting esxi, the 2 data stores are missing all 4 vmdks

this pic shows the hard disks (vmdk's) 2-5 present

pic2 shows that they are no longer represented by a *.vmdk file..   The vmdk that exists in pic1 is no longer available to add

I suppose i need to interorrgate the data stores someway or another, any ideas,

thanks in advance

[continuum]

Eager zeroed thick vmdks ?
promising ...
Dont do anything - that may be still readable.
Call me in skype - sanbarrow - I can have a look

Ulli

[Jamesson]

soundds promising indeed, Skype is now turned on, i sent you a message

[mchtyksl]

So what is the solution. I have same issue. There is vmdk files. But can not seeing *.vmdk disks on adding disk page. Can you please explain how did you resolve that issue ?

[continuum]

Oh dear - thats  5 years ago - sorry I dont remember any details.

All I can say is that your do not have the same issue.

Your case may be trivial - maybe just a missing descriptor-vmdk or a syntax error.

So if you want help provide a list of all files in the VMs directory - to create such a list use ssh and putty and  run

ls -lah > filelist.txt

or create a screenshot of the display in WinSCP.

Make sure the list includes the full filenames, filesize and filedates for all objects.