The files attached were restored from Backup Exec using the VMware agent. the ones in red are the original files the ones in blue are the clone files of the first 3 vmdks. They were cloned using this command
/vmfs/volumes/54c95b7c-43f8f016-9b9d-d8d38596e466/ahs-exch01 # vmkfstools -I ahs-exch01_3.vmdk ahs-exc01-3-new.vmdk
As I said I was help with this by a VMware support engineer. The first 3 cloned (circled in red) but the last one failed with the open files limit error.
Also attached is the exact commands run for this job.
Thanks again Andre for any help on this