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VMware VMFS recovery

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2016 5:50 am
by hypoeddy
I have a destriped RAID with several VMDK files existing within a VMFS file system. Any scan only shows fat or NTFS volumes. The list of file systems to search for does not include "vmfs". Is the software somehow going into each vmdk, recognizing it as a volume, and then just listing the contents?

The other question I have regards opening a scan file of a partial scan. When I open an NTFS volume which I know was a vmdk, it hangs midway after showing a list of fixup errors. If I scan futher, the fixup list will start with a larger record number for the error. It seems like when I scan further, it must be locating files and associating them with the NTFS records. It would seem that I shouldn't have to scan to that area in order for the software to look there once I open the volume and it traverses the NTFS records. Are unscanned areas not looked at when you open a found volume?

Re: VMware VMFS recovery

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2016 7:25 am
by Corsari
Who/what determined that the RAID is correctly destriped?

Than you for clarifying

Re: VMware VMFS recovery

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2016 2:03 pm
by Alt
hypoeddy wrote:I have a destriped RAID with several VMDK files existing within a VMFS file system. Any scan only shows fat or NTFS volumes. The list of file systems to search for does not include "vmfs". Is the software somehow going into each vmdk, recognizing it as a volume, and then just listing the contents?

The other question I have regards opening a scan file of a partial scan. When I open an NTFS volume which I know was a vmdk, it hangs midway after showing a list of fixup errors. If I scan futher, the fixup list will start with a larger record number for the error. It seems like when I scan further, it must be locating files and associating them with the NTFS records. It would seem that I shouldn't have to scan to that area in order for the software to look there once I open the volume and it traverses the NTFS records. Are unscanned areas not looked at when you open a found volume?
R-Studio doesn't support the VMFS file system yet. So it might find NTFS file systems incorrectly.

Re: VMware VMFS recovery

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2016 6:31 am
by RForce
VMFS can be a challenge to recover. Send me a PM if you'd like some remote assistance.

Re: VMware VMFS recovery

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2016 7:32 am
by Corsari
Yes, definitely

Remote support is available also at our side

If you need it just drop a private message