ddb.adapterType = "lsilogic" ddb.geometry.cylinders = "5221" ddb.geometry.heads = "255" ddb.geometry.sectors = "63" ddb.longContentID = "deadbeef1234567890abcdef" ddb.thinProvisioned = "1" ddb.virtualHWVersion = "13" The first number in the extent line is the number of sectors (size in bytes / 512). You can compute cylinder/head/sector values, but ESXi does not strictly require correct geometry for modern OS. Step 3 – Attach the recovered descriptor Place the new .vmdk alongside the flat file and attach it to a VM:
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# Disk DescriptorFile version=1 CID=fffffffe parentCID=ffffffff createType="vmfs" RW 83886080 VMFS "VM_name-flat.vmdk" The Disk Data Base #DDB recover vmdk flat file