VMware Continuum

example for vmfs virtual Hardware version 4

---

# Disk DescriptorFile
version=1
CID=7341dd22
parentCID=ffffffff
createType="vmfs"

# Extent description
RW 16777216 VMFS "test-flat.vmdk"

# The Disk Data Base
#DDB

ddb.virtualHWVersion = "4"
ddb.toolsVersion = "0"
ddb.geometry.cylinders = "1044"
ddb.geometry.heads = "255"
ddb.geometry.sectors = "63"
ddb.adapterType = "lsilogic"

example for vmfs virtual Hardware version 7

---

# Disk DescriptorFile
version=1
CID=7341dd22
parentCID=ffffffff
createType="vmfs"

# Extent description
RW 16777216 VMFS "test-flat.vmdk"

# The Disk Data Base
#DDB

ddb.virtualHWVersion = "7"
ddb.toolsVersion = "0"
ddb.geometry.cylinders = "1044"
ddb.geometry.heads = "255"
ddb.geometry.sectors = "63"
ddb.adapterType = "lsilogic"

note : green parameters are optional and can be skipped

"vmfs"

native ESX and ESXi format

Required files:

"test.vmdk"
"test-flat.vmdk" 

commandline tool for import and export on ESX : vmkfstools
format can be directly used by Workstation

dd-images or other disk-images can be used to replace the regular -flat.vmdk