Introduction In the VMware ecosystem, a virtual disk is typically represented by two files: a small descriptor file ( .vmdk ) and a large raw data file (the -flat.vmdk ). The descriptor contains disk geometry and pointers, while the -flat.vmdk holds the actual virtual machine data.
# Disk DescriptorFile version=1 CID=fffffffe parentCID=ffffffff createType="vmfs" RW 83886080 VMFS "VM_name-flat.vmdk" The Disk Data Base #DDB
Capacity: 42949672960 (40 GB) Disk type: 2 (VMFS thin) Alternatively, get the size in sectors:
vmkfstools -Q /path/to/VM_name-flat.vmdk Output example:
Introduction In the VMware ecosystem, a virtual disk is typically represented by two files: a small descriptor file ( .vmdk ) and a large raw data file (the -flat.vmdk ). The descriptor contains disk geometry and pointers, while the -flat.vmdk holds the actual virtual machine data.
# Disk DescriptorFile version=1 CID=fffffffe parentCID=ffffffff createType="vmfs" RW 83886080 VMFS "VM_name-flat.vmdk" The Disk Data Base #DDB
Capacity: 42949672960 (40 GB) Disk type: 2 (VMFS thin) Alternatively, get the size in sectors:
vmkfstools -Q /path/to/VM_name-flat.vmdk Output example:
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