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3 Replies Last post: Apr 28, 2008 12:52 PM by DaveP  

New VMDK Format Specifications posted: Apr 28, 2008 5:38 AM

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DaveP
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Aug 30, 2003

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).

Re: New VMDK Format Specifications

1. Apr 28, 2008 12:39 PM in response to: DaveP
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sudarsan
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Sep 20, 2006
AFAIK, both these are already in the 1.1 document.

Thanks
Sudarsan

Re: New VMDK Format Specifications

2. Apr 28, 2008 12:36 PM in response to: sudarsan
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DaveP
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I'll request it again. I might have the wrong one. Thanks

Re: New VMDK Format Specifications

3. Apr 28, 2008 12:52 PM in response to: sudarsan
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DaveP
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Got by re-requesting it. Thanks.

Dave

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