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Reference document

Org: VMware

Pubnum: VDDK 5.0

Date: 2011-12-20

Version

Title: Virtual Disk Format 5.0

Applicability

VMDK (short for 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 5.0 is now an open format[1] and is one of the disk formats used inside the Open Virtualization Format for virtual appliances.

Responsible Party

Name: FMN CPWG

Status

URI: https://developer.vmware.com/docs/6635/virtual-disk-development-kit-programming-guide/doc/GUID-569EC4D7-6D23-459E-B72D-65FB251B432D.html?h=virtual%20disk%20format

History

Flag	Date	RFC	Version
added	2021-01-15	13-019	14
changed	2022-12-20	14-62	15

UUID: b14fef7b-afae-4a80-8afb-50d36dd359e3

Relationships

This standard is used by the following service profiles:

Virtual Appliance Interchange Profile
Virtual Appliance Interchange Profile