- VMDK
Infobox file format
name = Virtual Machine Disk Format
icon =
caption =
extension = .vmdk
mime =
type code =
uniform type =
magic =
owner =VMware
released =
latest release version =
latest release date =
genre =Disk image file
container for =
contained by =
extended from =
extended to =
standard =
url = [http://www.vmware.com/interfaces/vmdk.html www.vmware.com/interfaces/vmdk.html]VMDK (Virtual Machine Disk Format) is a
file format used byVMware products to store a virtual machine image. [ [http://dotwhat.net/vmdk/8976/ VMDK at DotWhat.net] ] [ [http://filext.com/file-extension/VMDK VMDK at filext.com] ]Products that use the format
*
VMware Workstation
*VMware Player
*VMware Server 3rd-party products with VMDK support
*
Sun xVM - natively supports VMDK format [ [http://www.sun.com/software/products/xvm/xvm_whitepaper.pdf Sun xVM Virtualization Portfolio: Virtualizing the Dynamic Datacenter] ]
*QEMU - provides the "qemu-img" utility to convert VMDK image to a number of different formats
*VirtualBox (part of the Sun xVM suite) also supports VMDK files [http://blogs.sun.com/tpm/entry/virtualbox_1_6_at_community]References
External Links
* [http://www.vmware.com/ Official WebSite of VMware]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
