Vmx File Is Corrupt

VMX file is the primary configuration file, which stores settings chosen in the New Virtual Machine Wizard or virtual machine settings editor. If you try to power on the virtual machine, you will see an error similar to below. When you get to the ‘Select a Disk’ screen then select ‘Use an existing virtual virtual disk’ and select the primary VMDK boot disk file for the VM with the missing/corrupt VMX file. Proceed through the rest of the Wizard until you get to the ‘Ready to ‘Complete New Virtual Machine’ screen. VMX file in fact is a text file containing the vm info (hard drive, how many nics, ram, etc.), it has nothing to do with the data the vm actually stores, that is the VMDK file and that is the important file it can't be regenerated. The easy way, as /u/sparrowA says, is to create a new VM.

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I suffered host crash when running guest OS with VirtualBox. Now the VM won't start and complain that:Could not open them medium 'file.vmdk` VMDK: inconsistency betweengrain table and backup grain table in 'file.vmdk'(VERRVDVMDKINVALIDHEADER).VD: error VERRVDVMDKINVALIDHEADERopening image file 'file.vmdk' (VERRVDVMDKINVALIDHEADER)All I actually need is to get some files from this hard disk image. And also, any way to prevent this in future?

Vmx File Is Corrupt

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One of my hosts that I need to work with is pretty unstable and tends to crash from time to time. I wouldn't like to go through this again.

Vmx File Is Corrupt

In case you find yourself in the position where you have a vmware virtual machine, that for some reason lost it's configuration file (.vmx), but you still have the vmdk files which go with the vm. Then you're in luck, there is an easy way to recover the vm!!Just start the 'new vm' wizard and during the wizard, click edit hardware.Now delete the pre-added disk from your new vm, and click add disk.Then choose existing disk. And browse your datastore for the vmdk from the broken vm.Do this for all the disks that were a part of the vm.Now just boot your newly created vm, and you will have your machine back!!!!