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Re: New VMDK Format Specifications

DaveP — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:52:30 GMT

Got by re-requesting it. Thanks.

Dave

sudarsan — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:21:07 GMT

AFAIK, both these are already in the 1.1 document.

Thanks
Sudarsan

DaveP — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:36:54 GMT

I'll request it again. I might have the wrong one. Thanks

DaveP — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:38:59 GMT

The current VMDK format specifications does not have the following documented:

4 – create a preallocated virtual disk compatible with ESX Server (VMFS flat).
5 – create a compressed disk optimized for streaming.

Can the specs for these be made available as I am looking to find a cross-platform way to create the compressed format? (Need to include Mac OS X).