Fix Corrupt Vmdk -
# Check disk vmkfstools -c check disk.vmdk vmkfstools -i bad.vmdk good.vmdk -d thin Repair descriptor by creating new descriptor pointing to existing flat cat > new.vmdk << EOF Disk DescriptorFile version=1 CID=1234abcd parentCID=ffffffff createType="monolithicFlat" RW 8388608 FLAT "original-flat.vmdk" 0 EOF