Undelete Files From Vmware Datastore ((exclusive)) -

For (seconds to a few minutes).

Restoring a LUN snapshot will revert the entire datastore to the point in time of the snapshot, affecting all VMs on that datastore. It is safer to clone the snapshot to a new LUN, mount it as a temporary datastore, and copy the deleted files out. undelete files from vmware datastore

Requires deep Linux knowledge. Use vmfs-tools (open source). For (seconds to a few minutes)

If you don't have a recent snapshot or the deleted file was overwritten, you can use third-party data recovery tools to recover files from a VMware datastore. Some popular tools include: Requires deep Linux knowledge

| Tool | Type | Best for | |------|------|----------| | | Paid | VMFS5/6, automated VMDK reconstruction | | UFS Explorer RAID/VMFS | Paid | Complex RAID + VMFS recoveries | | DiskInternals VMFS Recovery | Paid + free scan | Simple file recovery | | TestDisk / PhotoRec | Free | Small files (logs, ISO, TXT) – not VMDK |