Hi,
I am dealing with a virtual server which is no longer in production, however has some important files that one user needs. Since this server was no longer needed, it was shutdown and some snapshots deleted to give room for other guest servers. Unfortunately the last good backup of this server has been lost and cant power on this server as the errors reads
Cannot open the disk '/vmfs/volumes/4d81fa10-7b05d3b6-6163-842b2b7839b3/xxxxx/xxxxxx000001.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.
VMware ESX cannot find the virtual disk "xxxxx.vmdk". Verify the path is valid and try again.
When I check the datastore for the vmdk listed in the vm properties under hard disk, all of them exists, except for the one detailed in the error which is a snapshot
I bumped into this VMware “Cannot open the disk ‘XXXXXX.vmdk’ or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.&…
cant figure out what exactly needs to be done to get server back online.
Also I see options to mount the vmdk to a desktop and retrieve files.: Mount VMware virtual disk (VMDK file) in physical machine |
how does the above work, does it still need the snapshots to mount?? all i need is a bunch files restored from don't need the server. Please guide im a newbie to vmware.