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: If the VMDK is critical and you have no backup, stop all host activity and contact a professional data recovery service that specializes in VMFS filesystems. restore deleted vmdk from datastore
# List deleted files esxcli storage vmfs undelete list -d [datastore_name] esxcli storage vmfs undelete recover -d [datastore_name] -f "[datastore] path/to/deleted.vmdk" : : If the VMDK is critical and