A VMDK actually consists of two parts: a small text file (the descriptor) and a large binary file (the data).
I pull the manifest. The VMDK is 2TB thin-provisioned. The VM won't boot. The backup ran six hours ago, but the differential is useless because the block map is scrambled. vmdk corrupted
If the file is too corrupt, clone it to create a new, healthy VMDK: vmkfstools -i /path/to/corrupted.vmdk /path/to/new.vmdk Method 2: vmware-vdiskmanager (Workstation/Fusion) A VMDK actually consists of two parts: a
To avoid VMDK corruption in the future:
The SQL database performs a recovery on mount. I lose 15 minutes of transaction log data. The business accepts the loss. clone it to create a new
Corruption of a VMDK file can occur due to various reasons, including:
After 45 minutes of scanning: