I had all my guest OS data in one vmdk file (I'll call it server.vmdk) until last Tuesday, 12/14/10. Since then, the original server.vmdk file still exists with the date time stamp of 12/14/10. All the changes made to this server since that time exist in a file called server-00001.vmdk. How do I get the latest changes merged back into server.vmdk?
The only changes since 12/14/10 were in one database file, so I backed up the database file on a different server. I shut down the guest OS, then told VMware to use the server.vmdk file for the hard disk instead of server-00001.vmdk. When I booted up the guest OS, the database was dated 12/14/10, which is what I expected. I then copied the databae back onto the guest OS. Now, server.vmdk is still dated 12/14/10, and again the changes were posted to server-00001.vmdk.
Any ideas?
Thanks.