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    <title>topic Re: Missing VMX file in ESXi Discussions</title>
    <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Missing-VMX-file/m-p/958159#M84097</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;keep in mind thd CID and parent&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&amp;amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;amp;externalId=1026353" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5em;" title="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&amp;amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;amp;externalId=1026353"&gt;http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&amp;amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;amp;externalId=1026353&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2014 21:36:30 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>yonish</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2014-07-25T21:36:30Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Missing VMX file</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Missing-VMX-file/m-p/958158#M84096</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: #fafafa;"&gt;Long story short, I tried migrating a virtual machine from one datastore to another, and the datastore wound up running out of disk space before the move completed.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: #fafafa;"&gt;The files reverted back to the way they were, however the folder from my virtual machine that I tried to move is now missing the VMX file so I cannot boot.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: #fafafa;"&gt;Also, the VMDK file that was in the folder I tried moving is now labeled at VirtualMachine - Flat.vmdk.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: #fafafa;"&gt;What I am going to try to do, is create a brand new virtual machine, with identical hardware configuration as my old virtual machine, down to hard drive size.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: #fafafa;"&gt;Instead of creating new virtual disks, I am going to use an existing virtual disk, and point them to the exact same disks as they were using in the old virtual machine.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: #fafafa;"&gt;My question is, have any of you ever done this, or is there anything I should look out for or worry about, or is there perhaps an easier way for me to do this?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: #fafafa;"&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: #fafafa;"&gt;Also, since it is a flat.vmdk file, I see that I have to create a new vmdk file and match that descriptor file to it.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: #fafafa;"&gt;When I try to run vmkfstools, I am told that the command is not found. It is a 4.0 box, so is vmkfstools an available command, or would there be something else that I should use?&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2014 20:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>The_vMaster</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-07-25T20:07:28Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Missing VMX file</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Missing-VMX-file/m-p/958159#M84097</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;keep in mind thd CID and parent&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&amp;amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;amp;externalId=1026353" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5em;" title="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&amp;amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;amp;externalId=1026353"&gt;http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&amp;amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;amp;externalId=1026353&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2014 21:36:30 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>yonish</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-07-25T21:36:30Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Missing VMX file</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Missing-VMX-file/m-p/958160#M84098</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Welcome to the Community,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;if there's only a single .vmdk file (i.e. no snapshots) you shouldn't have any issues with recreating the descriptor .vmdk file and using the virtual disk with a new VM. The &lt;EM&gt;vmkfstools&lt;/EM&gt; command should work with 4.0!? Anyway, if there's an issue with the command you could instead simply create a new VM with a virtual disk of the same size as the old one and copy/use/modify its descriptor file.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;André&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2014 21:42:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Missing-VMX-file/m-p/958160#M84098</guid>
      <dc:creator>a_p_</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-07-25T21:42:51Z</dc:date>
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