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Virtual Disk API Programming Guide - Documentation - VMware

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<strong>Virtual</strong> <strong>Disk</strong> <strong>Programming</strong> <strong>Guide</strong><br />

V VMDK (<strong>Virtual</strong> Machine DisK)<br />

The virtual counterpart to a guest operating system’s physical disk. A file or group of files that can reside<br />

on the host machine or on a remote file system.<br />

VMFS (<strong>Virtual</strong> Machine File System)<br />

A file system optimized for storing virtual machines. One VMFS partition is supported for each SCSI<br />

storage device or LUN.<br />

VMX (virtual machine configuration file)<br />

A file containing a virtual machine’s configuration. This .vmx file is created with its virtual machine and<br />

is used to identify and run a specific virtual machine.<br />

98 <strong>VMware</strong>, Inc.

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