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Files missing from datastores

This is my home hypervisor, so all storage is DAS non-raid.

I recently had a crash of the disk containing all guests. It's now installed with a new disk for guests, but when i look under storage/datastores, it's even less fun than the crash.

All my disk seems to be empty, even though there should be a vmdk filling all disks.

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If i log in via SSH the result is the same.

How could this have happened? And is there any way to restore the vmdks?

11 TB of data lost? Smiley Sad

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complang
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Can't someone at least have an idea? It's pretty frustrating situation.  

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Still searching for an answer. How can flat-files just dissapear from datastores? And not just one but 8 flat's *poff* gone.

One example, a disk only containing a .locker-folder, that's it!

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Hi vmware,

Should I consider those 11TB of data "dead"? I want to use the storage if I can't get the data back.

I still wonder how 8 vmdk's just can dissapear.    

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Up!

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I recently had a crash of the disk containing all guests. It's now installed with a new disk for guests, but when i look under storage/datastores, it's even less fun than the crash.

What happened in the disk-crash?

Did you use VMFS extents?

Could you not restore from the backup?

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S.M.A.R.T started reporting errors, and when I restarted guests they randomly didn't boot and so on. I couldn't copy the guests to a new disk, so I had do replace the disk and install new guests.

No extents. Just a single VMDK on a single disk, KISS on a home server/white box.

No, i don't have any backups of the home servers "vacation movies" disks. It's simply too expensive to backup 11TB on "private cash" basis.

I did count on loosing one disk or so, even though i replace the disks once every second year. But here it's obvously something very different that has happened.

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+1

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Up and away... 11TB = dead?

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11TB = dead?    

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^

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What is your Home SAN?

StarWind Version 8 by chance?

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