
Workstation User’s Manual
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.vmdk <vmname>.vmdk VMDKfiles,whichstorethecontentsofthevirtual
machine’sharddiskdrive.
Avirtualdiskismadeupofoneormorevirtualdisk
(.vmdk)files.Thevirtualmachinesettingseditor
showsthenameofthefirstfileintheset.Thisfile
containspointerstotheotherfilesinth
eset.
(Ifyo
uspecifythatallspaceshouldbeallocated
whenyoucreatethedisk,thesefilesstartatthe
maximumsizeanddonotgrow.)Almostallofa
.vmdkfile’scontentisthevirtualmachine’sdata,
withasmallportionallottedtovirtualmachine
overhead.
Ifth
evirtualma
chineisconnecteddirectlytoa
physicaldisk,the.vmdkfilestoresinformationabout
thepartitionsthevirtualmachineisallowedto
access.
EarlierVMwareproductsusedtheextension.dsk
forvirtualdiskfiles.
<vmname>-s<###>.vmdk Ifyouspecif iedthatthefilescangrow,thefilenames
includeansinthefilenu
mber(fo
rexample,
Windows XP Professional-s001.vmdk).
Ifyouspecifiedthatthevirtualdiskissplitinto2GB
chunks,thenumberof.vmdkfilesdependsonthe
sizeofthevirtualdisk.Asdataisaddedtoavirtual
disk,the.vmdk filesgrow,toamaximumof2GB
each.
<vmname>-f<###>.vmdk Ifthedisksp
acewasallo
catedwhenthediskwas
created,thenamesincludeanfinsteadofans(for
example,Windows XP Professional-f001.vmdk).
<vmname>-<disk>-<###>.vmdk Ifthevirtualmachinehasoneormoresnapshots,
somefilesareredo‐logfiles.Theystorechanges
madetoavirtualdiskwhilethevirtualmachineis
running.The###in
dicatesauniqu
esuffixaddedby
Workstationtoavoidduplicatefilenames.
.vmem <uuid>.vmem Thevirtualmachine’spagingfile,whichbacksup
theguestmainmemoryonthehostfilesystem.This
fileexistsonlywhenthevirtualmachineisrunning
orifthevirtualmachinefails.
<snapshot_name_number>.vmem Eachsnapshotofavirtualma
chineth
atispowered
onhasanassociated.vmemfile,whichcontainsthe
guest’smainmemory,savedaspartofthesnapshot.
Table 4-1. Virtual Machine Files (Continued)
Extension File Name Description
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