There was a vmfs-undelete command pre-vSphere but it required a blocklist backup using the same command before the actual deletion happened. VMDK files that were registered would be stored on VMFS and not on an ext3 partition. You're looking at restoring from backups.
-Anders On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 6:31 PM, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]>wrote: > A VMDK is missing after a hung “move to datastore” operation. > > > > -sc > > > > *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, October 21, 2010 11:59 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: OT: ESXi > > > > What was deleted? > > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:49 AM, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Anybody ever had to do a file undelete on an ESXi box w/ it’s linux > filesystem? > > > > I seem to find myself facing that… > > > > -sc > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
