VMware Data Recovery

VMware is a tool through which you can create virtual machines on your computer. These virtual machines help you in preserving your real hard drive and computer system while at the same time providing you virtual disks that can be used for storing data. A virtual machine is basically a fake computer operating within your real computer. It functions similar to a computer and it can increase your PC’s efficiency. With virtual disks, you can enlarge their size whenever you want. Moreover, you can also run multiple operating systems on a single PC when having a virtual machine installed on it.

• Part 1: Why you need VMware Data Recovery
• Part 2: How to Recover Data from VMware Virtual Machine
• Part 3: Data Recovery Tips

Part 1: Why you need VMware Data Recovery

While the virtual machines setup by using VMware are very robust and work in a similar manner to the actual computer, they run the risk of data corruption. If a virtual disk fails, you will lose the data that you have stored on it. The following are some of the situations in which you could end up losing data in virtual systems.

• Failure of the RAID array
• Corruption of the Virtual Machine Disks because of virus attack
• Power surges resulting in failure of the hard disks making up the RAID array
• Corruption of the Virtual Machine File System
• Accidental deletion of the files from the Virtual Machine File System

If you lose data because of any of the above-mentioned reasons, you would have to get it back or it would be lost forever. This is where the need for VMware data recovery originates.

Part 2: How to Recover Data from VMware Virtual Machine

In order to recover data from virtual disk, you will have to make use of a good data recovery tool. The best available software for this purpose is Wondershare Data Recovery. It can help you in your bid for VMware data recovery and retrieve your lost data both safely and completely.

Steps to Recover Data from VMware Virtual Machine

The following is a tutorial that will help you to recover data from virtual disk using Wondershare Data Recovery. It offers step-wise guidelines which can make VMware data recovery an easier proposition for one and all.

Step 1: Choice of Data Recovery Type

which type of data you want recovered from the virtual disk. You can choose Photo, Audio, Video, Email, Document or Others or you can simply check the box of All File Types and then click the ‘Next’ button located on the bottom-right corner of the screen.

Step 2: Choice of Lost Data Location

Select the location in which you had lost your data. Since you are looking to get back data from a virtual disk, you will have to click on the Whole Computer option and then hit the ‘Start’ button that is located on the bottom-right corner of the screen.

Step 3: Initiation of Deep Scan Option

The quick scan initiated in step 3 is only going to provide a quick search of the lost data from the virtual disk. You can select the Deep Scan option to recover all of the lost data from the virtual disk. Press the Deep Scan option located on the left-hand side of the bottom bar of the screen to complete this step.

Step 4: Preview recovered files

You can go to preview the files that have been recovered by the software from the virtual disk after the deep scan. Click the ‘Recover’ button recover the lost files that have been retrieved by the software from the virtual disk.

Part 3: Data Recovery Tips:

Just like physical hard disks, virtual disks created using VMware are vulnerable to data loss. There are a number of factors that can lead to loss of data from a virtual disk. Wondershare Data Recovery can help you in recovering the data you lose from a virtual disk in a simple and easy process. The following are some useful tips that you need to keep in mind regarding data recovery and data backup.

• Creating backups of your data is very important. Make sure that you update your data backup after every few days to ensure that you have the latest versions of your data available to you.
• Cloud storage is the ideal place to store backups of your data as they are immune to data loss and can safely preserve the data you have stored on them.
• When attempting to recover data from a virtual disk, make sure that you are using a reputable data recovery tool like Wondershare Data Recovery or you will not be able to recover your lost files.