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How to create ESX-type vmdk disk?

I am working on a vmdk decoder for various disk types. Need to create vmdk disks to test the decoder. But there are a few types I wasn't able to create with any tool:

vmfsEagerZeroedThick

vmfsPreallocated

vmfsRaw

vmfsRDM

vmfsRDMP

vmfsSparse

vmfsThin

fullDevice

partitionedDevice

The types are on the official "virtual disk format 5.0" https://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vddk/vmdk_50_technote.pdf

I used vmkfstools to create "vmfs" (in descriptor file createType="vmfs"). it is not on the above document.

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