mohziedan wrote: what can I do to retrive my data?
Without a copy of the working .vmx file there is is absolutely nothing whatsoever you can do to retrieve anything from a VMware encrypted .vmdk file! Image may be NSFW.
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This is a good reason to point out that you should always have proper backups! Image may be NSFW.
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Additionally I would personally never use VMware's Encryption and instead use a 3rd party disk level encryption so I wouldn't be dependant on a lost ot corrupt .vmx file.