In VMware environments, Virtual Machine Disks (VMDKs) are a crucial component, serving as the hard disk drives for virtual machines (VMs). Sometimes, due to various reasons such as data corruption, accidental deletion, or storage issues, a VMDK might become inaccessible or corrupted, leading to data loss. However, if you have a flat file associated with your VMDK, you might be able to restore it. This write-up will guide you through the process of restoring a VMDK from a flat file.
If the flat file is corrupted, try vmkfstools -x repair /path/descriptor.vmdk before proceeding.
qemu-img convert -f raw -O vmdk original-flat.vmdk recovered.vmdk
