vmdkinfo — determines information about a VMware Virtual Disk (VMDK) file(s)
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Bugs
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https://github.com/libyal/libvmdk/
Copyright
Copyright (C) 2009-2024, Joachim Metz <joachim.metz@gmail.com>. This is free software; see the source
for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
Description
vmdkinfo is a utility to determine information about a VMware Virtual Disk (VMDK) file(s)
vmdkinfo is part of the libvmdk package. libvmdk is a library to access the VMware Virtual Disk (VMDK)
format
vmdk_files the entire set of VMDK segment files or the one containing the descriptor.
The options are as follows:
-a shows allocation information
-h shows this help
-v verbose output to stderr
-V print version
Diagnostics
Errors, verbose and debug output are printed to stderr when verbose output -v is enabled. Verbose and
debug output are only printed when enabled at compilation.
Environment
None
Examples
# vmdkinfo file.vmdk
vmdkinfo 20130514
VMware Virtual Disk (VMDK) information:
Disk type: Monolithic sparse
Media size: 8589934592 bytes
Content identifier: 0x505dcf0a
Parent content identifier: 0xffffffff
Files
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Name
vmdkinfo — determines information about a VMware Virtual Disk (VMDK) file(s)
See Also
libvmdk March 10, 2019 vmdkinfo()
Synopsis
vmdkinfo [-ahvV] vmdk_files
