Files inside a VM

.log               Keeps a log of the VM activity.  This file can be useful in troubleshooting if
                     you encounter problems.

.nvram          Stores the state of the VM's BIOS.

.vmdk           Virtual disk file which stores the contents of the VM's hard disk drive.  A virtual disk is
                     made up of one or more .vmdk files.  If you have specified that the virtual disk should be
                     split into 2 GB chunks, the number of .vmdk files depends on the size of the virtual disk.
                     Almost all of a .vmdk file's content is the VM's data, with a small portion allotted to VM
                     overhead.

<diskname><####>.vmdk            A redo log file, created automatically when a VM has one or more
                                                      snapshots.  This file stores changes made to a virtual disk while the
                                                      VM is running.  There may be more than one such file.  The ####
                                                      indicates a unique suffix added automatically to avoid duplicate
                                                      file names.

.vmem          The VM's paging file, which backs up the guest main memory on the host file system.
                     This file exists only if the VM is running, or if the VM has crashed.

<snapshot_name_and_number>      Each snapshot of a VM that is powered on has an associated
                                                         .vmem file, which contains the guest's main memory, saved as
                                                         part of the snapshot.

.vmsd            A centralized file for storing information and metadata about snapshots.

.vmsn            The snapshot state file, which stores the running state of a VM at the time you take that
                      snapshot.

.vmss            The suspended state file, which stores the state of a suspended VM.

.vmtm           Configuration file containing team data.

.vmx             The primary configuration file, which stores settings chosen in the New Virtual Machine
                     Wizard or virtual machine settings editor.



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