Restore Vmdk Descriptor File Guide
Disaster Recovery: How to Manually Restore a Corrupt or Missing VMDK Descriptor File
If you cannot restore the descriptor file from a backup, the standard industry method is to that matches the original's parameters. 1. Identify Disk Parameters restore vmdk descriptor file
Alternatively, you can use vmkfstools to recover the descriptor file. Here's an example command: Disaster Recovery: How to Manually Restore a Corrupt
If you have a valid descriptor file for a different disk (or a backup of the VM’s configuration), you can try to recreate it automatically. restore vmdk descriptor file
Remove temp-flat.vmdk immediately, as you only need the text descriptor.
Don't panic. You don't need backups of the entire VM to fix this. You just need to rebuild a 1KB text file.
