Different Types Of Disks In Vmware

Different Types Of Disks In Vmware

VMDK

Virtual disk is classified into 4 different categories:

-Alpha disk
-Delta disk
-Beta disk
-Gama disk

New VM with a disk:

Flat.vmdk (actual file)---ALPHA DISK
.vmdk (metadata file)

Snapshot disk:

Delta.vmdk (actual file)---DELTA DISK
.vmdk (metadata file)

Raw Device Mapping RDM-Physical

.rdmp.vmdk (actual file)---BETA DISK
.vmdk (metadata file)

Raw Device Mapping RDM-Virtual

.rdm.vmdk (actual file)---GAMA DISK
.vmdk (metadata file)