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VMware data recovery

VMware data recovery service experts

Ontrack engineers are VMware data recovery experts. When you need data recovered from even the most complex virtual environments, we are here to help. Start your recovery now with a free consultation.

A trusted VMware® data recovery partner.

Your trusted VMware® data recovery provider

Thousands of VMware customers have relied on Ontrack to successfully recover data lost due to accidental deletion, hardware failures, or corrupted virtual environments.

Our global R&D team has developed proprietary recovery techniques and can recover lost or inaccessible data from nearly any virtual machine, server, or system. Our close partnership with VMware support allows us to help customers with even the latest software releases.

Common causes of data loss on virtual storage devices.

Common causes of data loss on virtual storage devices

There are many causes of data loss in a virtualised system. Fortunately, Ontrack has expertise to recover data from almost any situation.

Examples of what we can recover:

  • Re-formatted VMware ‘Datastore’
  • Corrupted virtual disk files (VMDK)
  • Corrupt VMFS Datastore volumes
  • Deleted virtual disk files (VMDK)
  • Deleted snapshots
  • Traditional RAID and hardware failures
  • VMware vSphere
  • vSAN
  • Virtual Volumes (VVols)
  • Fusion for Mac
  • Workstation Pro
  • Corrupted file systems

Why Ontrack Data Recovery

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Multiple Service Offerings

Ontrack offer's flexible service offerings to meet your unique needs and budgetary considerations. Our experts are on standby 24/7/365.

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Complete Transparency

We want you to have control over your data recovery process. You'll know exactly what can be recovered before paying.

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Unrivaled Global Expertise

Backed by the world’s largest R&D team, we have the knowledge and ability to address your unique data recovery needs.

What Our Customers Say About Our Data Recovery Services

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4-Step Data Recovery Process

We ensure that our process is transparent, quick and safe. You’ll be informed every step of the way for complete peace of mind.

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Consultation

Contact us 24/7 worldwide to obtain a free data recovery consultation and written price quote.

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Free Evaluation

The entire evaluation process is transparent with no hidden costs. Once we receive your device, our engineers recommend the best solution, send a fixed price quote and an overview of service levels and delivery schedules.

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Data Recovery

With your approval, we recover your data based on your chosen service level. Through our secure portal you can track the status of your recovery and view a list of recoverable files.

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Data Return

Once your data has been recovered, we’ll send it back to you on an encrypted external device via next day delivery.

Contact our VMware recovery specialists

If you’ve experienced a data loss, contact us as soon as possible to get advice from our expert data recovery engineers.

Time can be critical, and the odds for successful data recovery are higher when no previous attempts have been performed. Decades of experience confirm that this is critical for saving your valuable data. Data recovery for VMware systems can be performed through our in lab, remote, and onsite services.

In-Lab
In-lab Services

Our advanced cleanroom facilities increase the amount of data which can be recovered from damaged media. We perform any data recovery where the media needs to be opened in our secure cleanroom environment to avoid further contamination and recover the maximum amount of data possible.

Remote Data Recovery
Remote

Your data is recovered remotely without your media ever leaving your premises. We connect to your system via the Internet to perform a live recovery. Only available when the system is still operational and not physically damaged.

On-site Recovery
Onsite

If your system cannot leave your premises, our engineers can bring their recovery expertise to you. This option is only available for an emergency service. For onsite data recovery, the system must be operational.

How Fast Do You Need Your Data Back?

Our team of trusted experts are on standby to help. We offer flexible service offerings to meet your unique needs and budgetary considerations.

Emergency

Emergency

Average of 12-24 hours

Priority

Priority

Average of 3 business days

Standard

Standard

10 business days

Frequently Asked Questions

Our virtual machine is infected with ransomware. Can Ontrack help?

Ontrack has invested in the continued development of proprietary software to recover data from ransomware-infected storage systems, virtual machines, backup files, tapes, and other storage media.Ransomware incidents vary on the type of payload, and data recovery can be complex. Ontrack provides the best possible solutions for data recovery success.

How does Ontrack recover data from virtual machines stored in Veeam backups?

Our engineers, with 35 years of research, experience, and development in data recovery, have the knowledge and tools to recover your data. Ontrack experts can recover data from Veeam and virtual machines backed up with it, such as from VMware and Hyper-V. All necessary steps are taken to ensure data integrity and recover the data as quickly as possible.

How do you recover data from a virtual environment?

Engineers image drives and read raw data on the disk, determine what the configuration should be and then virtually rebuild the array and gain access to the storage. To do so, Ontrack has developed tools such as those that emulate the RAID controller and rebuild what is missing. The company has also developed a wealth of additional tools to accomplish such things as to prevent further writing of data onto volumes, address the complexities of virtualized files systems and more.

What are the most common virtual machine data loss problems?

Common problems with virtual machines include:
  • Re-formatted 'Datastore'
  • Corrupted virtual disk files
  • Corrupt VMFS Datastore volumes
  • Deleted virtual disk files
  • Deleted snapshots
  • Corrupted file systems
  • Traditional RAID and hardware failures

What options do I have to recover data from a virtual environment?

The good news is that there are a great many ways to recover some and, in many cases, all of the lost virtual data. The first point of entry is at the storage level. It can be possible in some cases to directly recover data from physical drives by taking an image of the drives and reading whatever raw data might be available on the disk. The next option is to attempt to recover data from the logical volumes (LUNs) or RAID. If the RAID controller is available, it can be used to track down the many slices of data spread across virtual disks. By determining what the configuration should be, engineers can virtually rebuild the array and gain access to the storage. If the RAID controller is corrupted, it may be necessary to emulate the RAID controller and rebuild what is missing. The next level up, with each representing a higher degree of recovery difficulty, is the host file system level. In VMware this would be VMFS and in Hyper-V, NTFS or ReFS. In many cases, data isn't available directly at the storage level. But if the right tools are used, recovery experts can trace data from the basic storage data blocks, map it to the host level and recompile it. If that process doesn't provide an adequate recovery, additional tools can be employed to extend further into the guest file system level. By investigating the virtual file system, data recovery specialists can sometimes find data that would otherwise be lost. Finally, it is possible to reach into the guest file level and access data lurking in application files such as SQL, Exchange, SharePoint, Oracle, Office files, ZIP files and more.

Experiences that matter

Ontrack has extensive experience with all types of data loss scenarios. Our goal is to provide our customers with peace of mind in the event of data loss due to hardware failure, human error, natural disasters or cyberattacks.

39

Years

In the business

1

Million+

Customers and growing

120

Petabytes+

Of recovered data

73,661,023,683

Of data files recovered over the last twenty years... and more and more every day!

Start your data recovery now with a free consultation.

Contact our team of experts.

KLDiscovery Ontrack Limited, Nexus, 25 Farringdon Street, London, EC4A 4AB, United Kingdom (see all locations)