VMDK
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| Filename extension | .vmdk |
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| Developed by | VMware |
| Type of format | Disk image file |
| Website | www.vmware.com/interfaces/vmdk.html |
VMDK (Virtual Machine Disk) is a file format developed by VMware for its virtual appliance products, but is now an open format.[1] The format is a container for virtual hard disk drives to be used in virtual machines like VMware Workstation or VirtualBox.
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Products that use the format as the native file format include:
Third-party products with VMDK support include:
- Sun xVM: natively supports VMDK format[2]
- QEMU: natively supports VMDK format and provides the qemu-img utility to convert VMDK images to a number of different formats
- VirtualBox (part of the Oracle VM suite) also supports VMDK files[3]
- SUSE Studio: builds virtual appliances using the VMDK format, among others
- Norton GHOST: Hard drive imaging software
Software libraries with VMDK support include:
- .NET DiscUtils: Open Source C# library
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