Friday, April 06, 2012

rescue missing vmdk disk

recreate vmdk from *-flat.vmdk file
vmkfstool -c $SIZE -a lsilogic -d thin temp.vmdk
edit the temp file and replace temp-flat with your own flat file name
thanks to http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1002511