VM File Types

Question 1

What is a vmname.vmx.lck file?

Answer 1

File is only present when a VM is powered on

Question 2

What is a .log.VMware.log file?

Answer 2

This is the currently log file that is in use.

VMware-#.log is the old VMware log file where the # is a number stating at 1

Question 3

What is a .vmssvmname.vmss?

Answer 3

It’s a virtual machine suspend file

Question 4

What is a vswovmname.vswp file?

Answer 4

VM swap file (virtual memory file)

Question 5

What is a vmsnvmname.vmsn file?

Answer 5

VM snap shot data file

Question 6

What is a vmsd vmname.vmsd file?

Answer 6

This is the snapshot descriptor file. Populates automatically when snap shots are taken.

Question 7

What is a vmname.nram file?

Answer 7

VM BIOS or EFI configuration file

Question 8

What is a -flat.vmdk vmname -flat.vmdk

Answer 8

Virtual machine data disk

This is the actual HDD file VMware always hides these files.

You can however see them if you view them in vsphere datastore browsers, just not the house client

Question 9

What is Vmx-VMware.vmx file?

Answer 9

This is a VM configuration file. Actual config file and hardware configuration of a vm

Question 10

What is a OVF file?

Answer 10

Stands for open virtualisation format. Open standard for transferring or importing vms

Question 11

What’s does DCUI stand for?

Answer 11

Direct console user interface
Text based user interface for low management tasks

Also the yellow and black versions

Question 12

What is a Vmxf-vmname.vmxf file?

Answer 12

Additional vm configuration file

Question 13

What is a Vmdk vmname.vmdk file?

Answer 13

Virtual disk characteristics

A small des riot or file