VMDK Corrupted, cant clone, move or copy

[echovictor]

Hello,

I've a problem with a corrupted VMDK and I don't know how to repair it.

When I try to copy, clone or move, i've the message at about 40% of the job:

"qemu-img: error while reading sector 251341056: Input/output error"

How to repair it ?

thanks for your help

Eric

 

[Kingneutron]

This could be an issue with the backing storage (disk going bad) - in this case probably your best bet is to backup whatever you can from inside the VMDK (not at the host level) and restore/copy it to a different disk.

Then start running tests on the possibly-bad disk, like read-only badblocks and SMART long test. Have a spare disk of the same size ready to replace it.

 

[echovictor]

Thanks.
This is a windows server 2008 R2, and the VM is working fine, but there are some registered software, and I've lost the key (they are not cracked software), thats why I would like to move the VM on new hardware.

Eric

 

[Kingneutron]

Hope you have a backup.

https://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/

I would try using Veeam in-guest to back it up, but not sure what works with Server 2008. You might also contact the software vendor / log into their website and see if you can retrieve the key that way since it should be registered