How to recreate a missing virtual machine disk descriptor file
How to recreate a missing virtual machine disk…
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1002511 This video demonstrates how to recreate a missing virtual machine disk descriptor .vmdk file. Note: VMware recommends to attempt to restore the missing descriptor file from backups if possible. If this is not possible, proceed with recreating the virtual machine disk descriptor file. To create a virtual machine disk descriptor file: – Identify the size of the flat file in bytes. – Create a new blank virtual disk that is the same size as the original. This serves as a baseline example that is modified in later steps. – Rename the descriptor file (also referred to as a header file) of the newly-created disk to match the name of the original virtual disk. – Modify the contents of the renamed descriptor file…Read More