What should I do if I deleted the vmdk file, but there are two snapshots left?

Question

VMware

I transferred virtual machine files from one datastore to another and I don’t understand what exactly I did to kill the vmdk file, but all the other files remained. I should pull out at least a part of the information, namely the sqlite3 database file, which, I hope, remained in the snapshots.
And is there any way to restore everything as it was?

This is what the VM folder looks like right now. The very first file on the screen is the one I created with my own hands (I gave birth to you, I slammed you ...), naively believing that it would help with something

Answer 1

I think the only thing that can be done now is to try to mount the vmdk as a volume and try to tinker with it from under your OS. To be honest, I didn’t try to do this on Linux, you need to get vmfs drivers and some utilities somewhere that can mount such volumes and at least read them.
But on Windows, I did this, I just googled it at the time. Link: www.vmgu.ru/articles/vmware-vsphere-open-vmfs-driv... If the links there are not working, write your email, I will send the files with the drivers.
In general, I advise the vmgu.ru portal on vmware, a lot of good material.
UPD: there in the article at the end there is a link to the man page, how this is done in Linux.