Delete Delta.vmdk

[killuadk]

Hey ! Peace :smileymischief:

well i one of those how risk to much so

today i did something really bad  {#rm -i ****-delta.vmdk}

i didn't know that snapshot is like chain i was thinking it's just a backup

so my question can i rebuild or recover that delta.vmdk from what i have right :

{#ls -lah

-rw-------	1 root	root	8.5K Jul 12 16:11 test.nvram
-rw-r--r--	1 root	root	77 Jul 12 11:06 test.vmsd
-rwxr-xr-x	1 root	root	3.5K Jul 12 16:11 test.vmx
-rw-------	1 root	root	3.2K Jul  6 12:16 test.vmxf
-rw-------	1 root	root	371 Jul 12 11:35 test_0-000001.vmdk
-rw-------	1 root	root	800.0G Oct 19  2016 test_0-flat.vmdk
-rw-------	1 root	root	552 Oct 18  2016 test_0.vmdk
-rw-r--r--	1 root	root	246.0K Jul  4 17:07 vmware-22.log
-rw-r--r--	1 root	root	373.7K Jul  6 10:54 vmware-23.log
-rw-r--r--	1 root	root	202.1K Jul  6 10:54 vmware-24.log
-rw-r--r--	1 root	root	1.4M Jul  6 13:39 vmware-25.log
-rw-r--r--	1 root	root	1.0M Jul 12 16:11 vmware-26.log
-rw-r--r--	1 root	root	59.8K Jul 13 08:56 vmware-27.log
-rw-r--r--	1 root	root	58.5K Jul 13 08:59 vmware.log
-rw-------	1 root	root	110.0M Sep  2  2016 vmx-test-2996284106-2.vswp

}

[Finikiez]

You can try to restore a VM from backup or you can ask for a help somebody who can do a magic with deleted files. However it should cost some money.

[daphnissov]

Nope, if you deleted the delta you deleted the snapshot extent itself. Time to restore from backup.

[killuadk]

hey thank's guys

i did create new VM with the "flat.vmdk" ,it's working fine but it's old version i think it's before the snapshot

so there's no way to rebuild the delta from the descriptor !!!!

[a_p_]

Unfortunately no, you can create a descriptor (metadata) file from a data file, but not the other way around. To restore a data (flat, delta) file, you'd need to find a way to restore/recover it from the datastore itself.

André