Thanks for the reply. Yes, APOC-000050.vmdk is in tact and it is pointing to APOC-000049.vmdk. Here is the contents of 50 via cat. Whats odd is it goes down the line, 50 -> 49 -> 48 -> 16 -> 47, etc. I find it odd that it goes to 16 then back to 47.
# Disk DescriptorFile
version=3
encoding="UTF-8"
CID=cae41648
parentCID= b07a8fbf
createType="vmfsSparse"
parentFileNameHint="APOC-000049.vmdk"
# Extent description
RW 3221225472 VMFSSPARSE "APOC-000050-delta.vmdk"
# Change Tracking File
changeTrackPath="APOC-000050-ctk.vmdk"
# The Disk Data Base
#DDB
ddb.longContentID = "4816d68e0117a4e8c2158d53cae41648"