VMDK

Virtual Machine Disk Format
Filename extension .vmdk
Developed by VMware
Type of format Disk image file
Website developercenter.vmware.com

VMDK (Virtual Machine Disk) is a file format that describes containers for virtual hard disk drives to be used in virtual machines like VMware Workstation or VirtualBox.

Initially developed by VMware for its virtual appliance products, VMDK is now an open format[1] and is one of the disk formats used in the Open Virtualization Format for virtual appliances.

The maximum VMDK size is generally 2TB for most applications, but in September 2013, VMware vSphere 5.5 introduced 62TB VMDK capacity.

Uses

Products that use the VMDK format as the native file format include:

Third-party products with VMDK support include:

Software libraries with VMDK support include:

Virtual Disk Provisioning Options

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