This week someone asked me during the VMTN Podcast on chat if I knew where vmfs-undelete resided in vSphere. I had a look but couldn’t find it either. A quick search gave me this:
vmfs-undelete utility is not available for ESX/ESXi 4.0
ESX/ESXi 3.5 Update 3 included a utility called vmfs-undelete, which could be used to recover deleted .vmdk files. This utility is not available with ESX/ESXi 4.0.Workaround: None. Deleted .vmdk files cannot be recovered.
So if you are currently actively using vmfs-undelete and looking into upgrading to vSphere take this in account!
During the BETA, I had asked this very same question as vmfs-undelete was introduced in 3.5u3 and then removed in 4.0, found it odd. The answer was they ‘might’ have forgotten to include the code but technically nothing should have changed to not make it work. I don’t know if you can just import but VMware Engr. said if you really want it back you could let your TAM/Accountant know.
I was wondering if there was a lack of use of the tool or was there something more behind it … now will never know =)
–William
Duncan,
Any undelete solution available?
Thank you,
André