Recovering deleted VM in vSphere 6.x
An admin deleted an important VM (Windows 2012 R2). Is there any way to recover the deleted VM (from the disk) not unregistered in vCenter 6.x Are there any options.
Wayne88
Unfortunately, I am not aware of anyway to recover the whole VM (vmdk) in ESXi. Can only recover the configuration (VMX) file.
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This is good information Andrew. A related question if I may, is there any way to "protect" a vm to ensure it is not deleted by mistake in vCenter 6
Interesting, hopefully they work on RAID drives as well. Let us know how it goes.
This is good information Andrew. A related question if I may, is there any way to "protect" a vm to ensure it is not deleted by mistake in vCenter 6
No, like with any file or folder, Take Regular Backups! Replication, Backup Applications are FREE and Cheap and Storage is the cheapest it's been in years.
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