Detailed documentation of VMware virtual machines

Detailed documentation of VMware virtual machines

File type	File naming rules	Description
. log files	<vmname>.log or Vmware.log	File type Description: Text file This document records the operation of VMware Workstation on virtual machine debugging. These files are useful for us to troubleshoot when problems are encountered.
. nvram file	<vmname>.nvram	File type description: VMware virtual machine BIOS This file stores the BIOS status information for the virtual machine.
. vmx file	<vmname>.vmx	File type description: VMware virtual machine configuration The file is a configuration file for a virtual machine that stores all the configuration of the virtual machine based on the Virtual Machine Wizard or the virtual Machine editor. Sometimes it is necessary to manually change the configuration file to achieve changes to the hardware of the virtual machine. You can edit it using a text editor. If the host is Linux, using a VM virtual machine, the extension of this profile is. cfg.
. vmdk file	<VMNAME>.VMDK or <VMNAME>-S###.VMDK	File type description: VMware Virtual Disk File This is the disk files for the virtual machine, which stores the information in the virtual machine's hard drive. A virtual machine can consist of one or more virtual disk files. If you specify that the virtual machine disk file is a separate file when you create a new VM, only one <VMNAME>.VMDK file is created The file includes the virtual machine disk partition information and all the data for the virtual machine disk. As data is written to the virtual disk, the virtual disk file becomes larger, but only this one disk file is always available. If you specify a separate disk file for each 2GB when you create a new virtual machine, the total size of the virtual disk determines the number of virtual disk files. The System creates a <VMNAME>.VMDK file and multiple <vmname>-s###.vmdk files (s## #为磁盘文件编号), where the <VMNAME>.VMDK file includes only the disk partition information , multiple <VMNAME>-S###.VMDK files store disk data information. As the data is written to a vdisk file, the Vdisk file becomes larger until the file size is 2GB, and the new data is written to the other s## #编号的磁盘文件中.   If you have allocated all the space when you created the virtual disk, the files will have the largest size and no longer become larger at the initial time. If a virtual machine uses a physical hard disk instead of a virtual disk, the virtual disk file holds the partition information that the virtual machine can access. Earlier versions of VMware products use the. DSK extension to represent virtual disk files.
	<vmname>-<######>.vmdk	When a virtual machine has one or more snapshots, the file is automatically created. This file records the disk data content of all the virtual machines when a snapshot is created. ##### #为数字编号, automatically increases depending on the number of snapshots.
. vmsd file	<vmname>.vmsd	File type description: VMware snapshot metadata This file stores information and metadata about the snapshot of the virtual machine.
. vmsn file	<vmname>-snapshot<##>.vmsn	File type description: VMware virtual machine Snapshot When a virtual machine establishes a snapshot, the file is automatically created. There are several snapshots that will have several such files. This is the status information file for the virtual machine snapshot, which records the status information of the virtual machine when the snapshot is established. # #为数字编号, the number of snapshots increases automatically.
. vmem file	<vmname>-<uuid>.vmem	Description of the file type: VMEM The file is a virtual machine memory paging file that backs up memory information that is running in the client. This file exists only when the virtual runtime is running or after a crash.
. vmss File	<vmname>.vmss	File type description: VMware suspended virtual machine state This file is used to store information about the virtual machine in the suspended state. Some earlier versions of VM products use. Std to represent this file.
. vmtm file	<vmname>.vmtm	File type description: VMware team Configuration The file is the configuration file for the virtual Group team. It usually exists in the folder of the virtual Group team.
. vmxf file	<vmname>.vmxf	File type description: VMware team member This file is the secondary profile for the virtual machine in the virtual group team. This file also exists when a virtual machine is removed from the virtual group team.

Detailed documentation of VMware virtual machines