Hi,
I'm using VMware workstation player 12.
I've a VM I used to work with in both linux and windows environments without problem.
But today after a huge electricity problem, the computer has shutdown while VM still power on.
When rebooting and starting VMware, trying to start my VM : The file specified is not a virtual disk.
I tried several things but nothing solved it.
Obv there is no backup, and there is still some data I do like to retrieve.
ls -alh
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drwx------ 1 linux linux 4.0K May 27 21:16 .
drwx------ 1 linux linux 4.0K May 27 20:34 ..
-rw------- 1 linux linux 8.5K May 27 12:13 LUKSArch.nvram
-rw------- 1 linux linux 2.0G May 27 12:13 LUKSArch-s001.vmdk
-rw------- 1 linux linux 196M May 27 12:13 LUKSArch-s002.vmdk
-rw------- 1 linux linux 212M May 27 12:13 LUKSArch-s003.vmdk
-rw------- 1 linux linux 1.6G May 27 12:13 LUKSArch-s004.vmdk
-rw------- 1 linux linux 492M May 27 12:13 LUKSArch-s005.vmdk
-rw------- 1 linux linux 817M May 27 12:13 LUKSArch-s006.vmdk
-rw------- 1 linux linux 539M May 27 12:13 LUKSArch-s007.vmdk
-rw------- 1 linux linux 927M May 27 12:13 LUKSArch-s008.vmdk
-rw------- 1 linux linux 788 May 27 20:43 LUKSArch.vmdk
-rw------- 1 linux linux 0 May 12 22:47 LUKSArch.vmsd
-rw------- 1 linux linux 3.0K May 27 20:43 LUKSArch.vmx
-rw------- 1 linux linux 263 May 12 22:47 LUKSArch.vmxf
-rw------- 1 linux linux 254K May 27 12:13 vmware-0.log
-rw------- 1 linux linux 20M May 27 01:12 vmware-1.log
-rw------- 1 linux linux 9.9M May 25 23:20 vmware-2.log
-rw------- 1 linux linux 246K May 27 19:14 vmware.log
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cat LUKSArch.vmx
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.encoding = "UTF-8"
config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "12"
numvcpus = "2"
vcpu.hotadd = "TRUE"
scsi0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"
memsize = "2048"
mem.hotadd = "TRUE"
scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0:0.fileName = "LUKSArch.vmdk"
ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
ide1:0.fileName = "/media/linux/Donnees/Logiciel Installateurs/archlinux-2017.05.01-x86_64.iso"
ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image"
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.connectionType = "nat"
ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
usb.present = "TRUE"
ehci.present = "TRUE"
ehci.pciSlotNumber = "35"
usb_xhci.present = "TRUE"
sound.present = "TRUE"
sound.fileName = "default"
sound.autodetect = "FALSE"
serial0.present = "TRUE"
serial0.fileType = "thinprint"
pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge4.functions = "8"
pciBridge5.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge5.functions = "8"
pciBridge6.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge6.functions = "8"
pciBridge7.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge7.functions = "8"
vmci0.present = "TRUE"
hpet0.present = "TRUE"
usb.vbluetooth.startConnected = "TRUE"
displayName = "LUKSArch"
guestOS = "other3xlinux"
nvram = "LUKSArch.nvram"
virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"
gui.exitOnCLIHLT = "FALSE"
powerType.powerOff = "soft"
powerType.powerOn = "soft"
powerType.suspend = "soft"
powerType.reset = "soft"
extendedConfigFile = "LUKSArch.vmxf"
floppy0.present = "FALSE"
uuid.bios = "56 4d fb 75 ce 7e 27 73-ea d1 1c e3 e5 88 9c ef"
uuid.location = "56 4d fb 75 ce 7e 27 73-ea d1 1c e3 e5 88 9c ef"
migrate.hostlog = "./LUKSArch-9409d5d9.hlog"
scsi0:0.redo = ""
pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"
pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21"
pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22"
pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23"
pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24"
scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "16"
usb.pciSlotNumber = "32"
ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "33"
sound.pciSlotNumber = "34"
usb_xhci.pciSlotNumber = "160"
vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "36"
ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0C:29:88:9C:EF"
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"
vmci0.id = "-444031761"
monitor.phys_bits_used = "42"
vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "4194304"
vmotion.checkpointSVGAPrimarySize = "33554432"
cleanShutdown = "TRUE"
softPowerOff = "FALSE"
svga.guestBackedPrimaryAware = "TRUE"
tools.remindInstall = "TRUE"
usb_xhci:6.speed = "2"
usb_xhci:6.present = "TRUE"
usb_xhci:6.deviceType = "hub"
usb_xhci:6.port = "6"
usb_xhci:6.parent = "-1"
usb_xhci:7.speed = "4"
usb_xhci:7.present = "TRUE"
usb_xhci:7.deviceType = "hub"
usb_xhci:7.port = "7"
usb_xhci:7.parent = "-1"
sound.startConnected = "false"
tools.syncTime = "FALSE"
serial0.startConnected = "false"
usb_xhci.autoConnect.device0 = ""
usb_xhci:4.present = "TRUE"
usb_xhci:4.deviceType = "hid"
usb_xhci:4.port = "4"
usb_xhci:4.parent = "-1"
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cat LUKSArch.vmdk
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# Disk DescriptorFile
version=1
encoding="UTF-8"
CID=46d677fd
parentCID=ffffffff
isNativeSnapshot="no"
createType="twoGbMaxExtentSparse"
# Extent description
RW 8323072 SPARSE "LUKSArch-s001.vmdk"
RW 8323072 SPARSE "LUKSArch-s002.vmdk"
RW 8323072 SPARSE "LUKSArch-s003.vmdk"
RW 8323072 SPARSE "LUKSArch-s004.vmdk"
RW 8323072 SPARSE "LUKSArch-s005.vmdk"
RW 8323072 SPARSE "LUKSArch-s006.vmdk"
RW 8323072 SPARSE "LUKSArch-s007.vmdk"
RW 4653056 SPARSE "LUKSArch-s008.vmdk"
# The Disk Data Base
#DDB
ddb.adapterType = "lsilogic"
ddb.geometry.cylinders = "3916"
ddb.geometry.heads = "255"
ddb.geometry.sectors = "63"
ddb.longContentID = "177ade51b33598224c7accf046d677fd"
ddb.uuid = "60 00 C2 96 ce f3 18 44-9c 8e 1e 8d c5 6c 8e 35"
ddb.virtualHWVersion = "12"
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