Virtual Machine Files

Question 1

Virtual machine configuration file

Answer 1

vmname.vmx

Question 2

Additional virtual machine configuration file

Answer 2

vmname.vmxf

Question 3

Virtual disk characteristics (metadata) file

Answer 3

vmname.vmdk

Question 4

Virtual disk data file (commonly called a flat file)

Answer 4

vmname-flat.vmdk

Question 5

Virtual machine BIOS or UEFI configuration file

Answer 5

vmname.nvram or nvram

Question 6

Virtual machine snapshot file

Answer 6

vmname.vmsd

Question 7

Virtual machine snapshot data file

Answer 7

vmname.vmsn

Question 8

Virtual machine swap file

Answer 8

vmname.vswp

Question 9

Virtual machine suspend file

Answer 9

vmname.vmss

Question 10

Current virtual machine log file

Answer 10

vmware.log