Lost VMDK , VBK can't be opened...

[ecleppe]

Hi,

We lost a vmdk during a data move. It's the C drive of one of our servers.
We have a backup from before , but the machine had 4 drives. C / D / E / F
C drive backed up completely , but the backup failed because the other 3 drives were set in independent mode.
I have an inconsitent VBK file which must contain my C drive. Is there a way to recuperate this?

Here is the log file.

6 of 11 files processed

Total VM size: 650.00 GB
Processed size: 50.00 GB
Processing rate: 27 MB/s
Backup mode: SAN/NBD without changed block tracking
Start time: 6/19/2010 6:49:17 AM
End time: 6/19/2010 7:21:18 AM
Duration: 0:32:00

Enabling changed block tracking...
Changed block tracking cannot be enabled: virtual hardware version 7 or later required.

Backing up file "[BEDAC0503] BEDAC0503_Clone/BEDAC0503_Clone_1-flat.vmdk"
BackupDisk failed
Client error: Failed to open VDDK disk [[BEDAC0503] BEDAC0503_Clone/BEDAC0503_Clone_1.vmdk] ( is read-only mode - [true] )
Failed to open VMDK.
Logon attempt with parameters [VC/ESX: [bedac0910];Port: 443;Login: [be\serv_vcenter];VMX Spec: [moref=vm-1100];Snapshot mor: [snapshot-1103];Transports: [san]] failed because of the following errors:
Failed to open VMDK.
Logon attempt with parameters [VC/ESX: [bedac0910];Port: 443;Login: [be\serv_vcenter];VMX Spec: [moref=vm-1100];Snapshot mor: [snapshot-1103];Transports: [nbd]] failed because of the following errors:

Server error: End of file


Big Thanks!
Erik

[Gostev]

Hello Erik, it might be a possibility to recover the data you need, but this would require involving developers and using special tools to retrieve the data. So please open a support case to get this started.