VMware Data Recovery Services
AS provides VMware data recovery across several layers — datastore, virtual disk and guest file system — working from images of the underlying storage at each layer.
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AS VMware Recovery — Recover files from VMware VMDK and Hyper-V VHD/VHDX virtual disks — snapshot chains, broken descriptors and ransomware-damaged disks included.
When you need this
- VMFS datastore inaccessible or shows as unformatted
- VMDK deleted, corrupted or snapshot chain broken
- ESXi host failed and VMs cannot be re-registered
- Storage failure beneath the datastore
- Ransomware targeting ESXi hosts and datastores
- Thin-provisioned VMDK corruption
What we do
Datastore recovery
VMFS 5 and 6 structures are reconstructed to locate virtual disks, including deleted VMDKs where their extents survive.
Virtual disk repair
Damaged descriptors, flat files and snapshot chains are repaired or reassembled.
Guest-level recovery
Files, databases and mail stores are recovered from within virtual disks when a whole-VM restore isn't possible.
Hypervisor ransomware cases
Encrypted ESXi environments are assessed for recoverable datastore and VMDK content where technically feasible. A VMDK is exactly the kind of large file many ransomware variants only partially encrypt — fully encrypting a multi-gigabyte virtual disk on every host takes time attackers racing across a network don't want to spend, so often only a VMDK's header and a portion of its blocks are touched, leaving the rest of the guest's data intact underneath.
Large VMDK virtual disk after a partial-encryption ransomware variant (illustrative example):
Example outcome after block-level assessment:
✓ 49,997 of 50,000 blocks readable
Actual recoverable percentage depends on the variant and file — established during assessment, not assumed in advance.
A VMDK is exactly the large-file case many variants skip fully encrypting for speed — often only the header and a portion of blocks are touched, leaving the rest of the guest's data intact underneath.
How it works
- Step 1
Consultation and scope
We establish what failed, what has been tried, and which data matters most. This shapes a targeted plan rather than a generic one.
- Step 2
Secure imaging and diagnosis
Where possible the source media is imaged before any work, so the original is never altered. Diagnosis then determines the safest recovery method.
- Step 3
Recovery
Data is extracted from the image or source using methods matched to the failure — logical, structural or hardware-level as required.
- Step 4
Verification
Recovered data is checked for integrity and completeness, and a file list is shared so you can confirm what matters is there.
- Step 5
Secure delivery
Verified data is returned through an agreed secure method, with guidance on validation before it goes back into production.
What affects the outcome
We have solved 656+ cases like these. Every case is assessed on its own condition, and we tell you exactly what is recoverable after a free assessment, before you pay anything.
- Physical condition of the media and the extent of any damage
- Whether the media has been written to, reformatted or re-initialised since the failure
- Encryption, corruption or partial overwriting of the data
- Availability of source data such as images, backups, logs or transaction records
- Attempts made before assessment (rebuilds, repair tools, repeated reboots)
AS VMware Recovery
Recover VMDK and VHDX virtual disks on your own hardware for logical failures on readable storage.
Frequently asked questions
A VMDK was deleted from the datastore. Can it be recovered?
Frequently, if the datastore has not been heavily written to since. The sooner the datastore is taken out of use, the better.
Do you need the ESXi host?
No. Recovery works from the storage beneath the datastore, imaged independently.
Ransomware hit our ESXi host — is a multi-terabyte VMDK a lost cause?
Not automatically. Size actually helps here: many ransomware variants skip fully encrypting very large files for speed, touching only the VMDK's header and some of its blocks. We assess how much of the virtual disk is genuinely untouched before assuming the whole thing is gone.
Is this the same as VMware Live Recovery or Site Recovery Manager?
No — those are VMware's own products for planned disaster-recovery failover between sites, set up in advance of an incident. We provide after-the-fact recovery of damaged, deleted or ransomware-affected data on your existing VMFS datastores and VMDKs when no such failover is in place, or when the failover site itself was also affected.
Do you do VMDK file recovery?
Yes. VMDK file recovery covers deleted, damaged and partly encrypted virtual disks. Corrupted VMDK recovery reads the flat extent directly, rebuilds a missing or broken descriptor and follows snapshot chains, then recovers the file systems and databases inside the disk.
Can you recover a VMware ESXi datastore?
Often. VMware ESXi recovery and VMware datastore recovery deal with a VMFS datastore that is missing, corrupted or reformatted, and with virtual machines deleted from it. ESXi data recovery is done on images of the storage, so the original disks are only read.
Is VMware virtual machine recovery available outside India?
Yes. VMware virtual machine recovery is done remotely for clients worldwide. We provide VMware VMDK recovery services in the UK, the USA, the Gulf countries and elsewhere: the VMDK files are uploaded over an encrypted channel, or the disks are shipped to our lab in India.
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We have already solved 656+ ransomware and data recovery cases: encrypted and corrupted SQL Server, Oracle and MySQL databases, Tally, Busy and Marg ERP data, Veeam backups, VMware and Hyper-V virtual machines, RAID and NAS. Send us the details and we tell you what we can recover.
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