Hello,
we did a storage VMotion from the SAN to a local VMFS.
The storage VMotion did not complete and the situation went as follows:
SAN VMFS
Disk_0.flat.vmdk
Disk_0.vmdk
DMotion-scsi0:00_Disk_0-delta.vmdk
DMotion-scsi0:00_Disk_0.vmdk
Local VMFS
VMX and VMXF files
DMotion-scsi0:00_Disk_0-000001-delta.vmdk
DMotion-scsi0:00_Disk_0-000001.vmdk
The machine was running ok; nevertheless, due to a mistake, the vmdk files on SAN (DMotion-scsi0:00_Disk_0.vmdk and Disk_0.vmdk) were deleted.
When machine powered off, of course, it was not able to power on again, since DMotion-scsi0:00_Disk_0-000001.vmdk (local) is point to its SAN parent in the chain (DMotion-scsi0:00_Disk_0.vmdk).
Now, we were able to recreate the vmdk for the original flat disk (Disk_0.flat.vmdk) simply recreating an identical disk;
Which way can we follow to manually recreate the DMotion-scsi0:00_Disk_0.vmdk ?
Any suggestions ?