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virtualization:vmware:esxi_files

ESXi files

File         Usage                    Description
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.vmx         vmname.vmx               Virtual machine configuration file
.vmxf        vmname.vmxf              Additional virtual machine configuration files
.vmdk        vmname.vmdk              Virtual disk characteristics
-flat.vmdk   vmname-flat.vmdk         Virtual machine data disk
.nvram       vmname.nvram or nvram    Virtual machine BIOS or EFI configuration
.vmsd        vmname.vmsd              Virtual machine snapshots
.vmsn        vmname.vmsn              Virtual machine snapshot data file
.vswp        vmname.vswp              Virtual machine swap file
.vmss        vmname.vmss              Virtual machine suspend file
.log         vmware.log               Current virtual machine log file
-#.log       vmware-#.log             Old virtual machine log files

Additional files are created when you perform certain tasks with the virtual machine.

virtualization/vmware/esxi_files.txt · Last modified: 2019/10/09 08:13 by rplecko