| Name | Description |
| config |
Config (vmx) file.
|
| core |
Core (core) file.
|
| digestDescriptor |
Disk digest descriptor file.
Since vSphere API 5.0
|
| digestExtent |
Disk digest extent file.
Since vSphere API 5.0
|
| diskDescriptor |
Disk descriptor (vmdk) file.
|
| diskExtent |
Disk extent (-flat/-delta/-s/-rdm/-rdmp.vmdk) file.
|
| diskReplicationState |
Host based replicated disk persistent state (psf) file.
Since vSphere API 5.0
|
| extendedConfig |
Extended config (vmxf) file.
|
| log |
Log (log) file.
|
| nvram |
Non-volatile RAM (nvram) file.
|
| screenshot |
Screenshot file.
|
| snapshotData |
Snapshot data (vmsn) file.
|
| snapshotList |
Snapshot metadata (vmsd) file.
|
| snapshotManifestList |
Snapshot manifest metadata (-aux.xml) file.
This file is still being created but is no longer necessary since
the manifest metadata is now available in the snapshot metadata
(vmsd) file in vSphere 5.0. This type will be deprecated when
vSphere 4.1 is no longer supported.
Since vSphere API 5.0
|
| stat |
Virtual machine statistics (stat) file.
|
| suspend |
Suspend (vmss) file.
|
| swap |
Swap (vswp/vmem) file.
|
| uwswap |
File generated by VMware ESX kernel for a running virtual
machine.
Since vSphere API 5.0
|