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You can use below command from ssh<br />
Find - iname vmname.vmx /<br />
This will search entire directories including data stores.. If the vmname is different, it might be tough but if you remember the host last the vm residing then you can connect via ssh and use below command from log to check the location.. Log under var/run/log<br />
You can use zgrep or grep vmname hostd.*
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Did you DELETE the VM ?<br />
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Because if you deleted it, it would be GONE from the datastore!
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Thanks Murali, but that did not help. <br />
Thanks Andrew, and I did not delete the VM. Its still out there somewhere.
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Thanks Guys, We have decided to not bring these servers online, so I am just going to delete the vmdk files from disk and delete the host names from AD. Appreciate your time and efforts.
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How can i search for vmx files on all datastores in vsphere 5.5. I accidently removed a VM from inventory and have searched through all the datastores so I can add back into the inventory, but cannot find any matching vmx files. The server name may have been renamed after it was created so the vmx file may be under a different name. Is there a way for my to search for vmx files on all the datastores. I will try to add them in one at a time and see if I can get the server I want.<br />
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Thanks in advance for your time and assistance.
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How can i search for vmx files on all datastores in vsphere 5.5. I accidently removed a VM from inventory and have searched through all the datastores so I can add back into the inventory, but cannot find any matching vmx files. The server name may have been renamed after it was created so the vmx file may be under a different name. Is there a way for my to search for vmx files on all the datastores. I will try to add them in one at a time and see if I can get the server I want.

Thanks in advance for your time and assistance.

Vsphere 5.5 Searching vmx files

Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.

Virtualization

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.