Now, the 100GB base VMDK had spawned 14 delta VMDKs, the deepest of which was 2.3 TB. And the VM wouldn’t power on. Error: Disk chain link broken.
vmkfstools -i "/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/FinServe-07/FinServe-07-000014.vmdk" \ "/vmfs/volumes/datastore2/FinServe-07-Restored.vmdk" -d thin The ETA: 11 hours. restore vmware from delta vmdk
At 3:30 AM, the clone stalled at 42%. She checked the storage logs—silent corruption in delta 09. The block containing a purchase order table’s metadata was unreadable. Now, the 100GB base VMDK had spawned 14