Recover Deleted Vmdk | Esxi

The moment you realize a VMDK has been deleted, to that datastore.

Elena knew that when you delete a file on a VMFS datastore, the metadata pointer is removed, but the actual data blocks remain on the physical disk until they are overwritten. However, simply "undeleting" is risky. The safest way to recover a deleted VMDK on ESXi is to use a specialized utility or restore from backup. esxi recover deleted vmdk

: Use vCenter permissions to restrict "Delete from Disk" actions to only senior admins. The moment you realize a VMDK has been

cp /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/.snapshot/hourly-4/Win2k12-Temp/* /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/Win2k12-Temp/ the metadata pointer is removed

"Mark, look. The SAN took a snapshot 4 hours ago."