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often used procedures |
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| extract vmx-file from a log | text-editor | see |
use sample from list
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text-editor | take a sample from the list and replace entries
with disk-specs mentioned in the last usable vmware.log |
| extract with dsfo.exe | dsfo.exe | example-syntax dsfo.exe test.vmdk 512 800 descriptor.txt |
| inject with dsfi.exe | dsfi.exe | example-syntax dsfi.exe test.vmdk 512 800 descriptor.txt |
| fix PATH-chain | text-editor | |
| fix CID-chain | text-editor | see example |
| fake basedisk | vmware-vdiskmanager text-editor |
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| expand | fsz.exe | |
| cut | rsz.exe | |
| mount with vdk | vdk.exe | use read-only mode for first tests keep in mind: vdk.exe doesn't change CIDs so you CAN use it to look into vmdks without risk to mess up a snapshot-chain - as long as you dont set /rw parameter |
| restore data | getdataback-ntfs and similar tools |
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| Plan B | getdataback-ntfs and similar tools |
copy corrupted vmdk/parts into a blank large vmdk formatted with the same filesystem - mount with vdk and use forensic tools |
| vmx-entry to fix disk with holes |
A VM with sparse disks may show
errors like: Try to use this vmx-entry for the next start (only use this once - your vmdk is broken and you should copy your data to a safe location as soon as possible) diskLib.legacyCheckerTolerateHoles=TRUE |
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| multiple expand | vmware-vdiskmanager text-editor |
virtual disks in CD-size slices
You want to backup your virtual machines with the help of CDs
but have trouble with the large files? Create a new disk with vmware-vdiskmanager and run multiple expand actions like this ...
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