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314 bytes added ,  16:47, 7 October 2010
(→‎Troubleshooting: Added "Can't Stop / Power-Off a VM")
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! File                      !! Purpose                 !! Notes
! File                      !! Purpose             !! Notes
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| <code> *.vmx </code>      || VM config file          || Contains the full config of the virtual machine
| <code> *.vmx </code>      || VM config           || Contains the full config of the virtual machine
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| <code> *.vmsd </code>      ||                         ||  
| <code> *.vmsd </code>      || Snapshot metadata  ||  
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| <code> *.vmxf </code>      ||                         ||  
| <code> *.vmsn </code>      || Snapshot state      || Stores delta info that wouldn't be otherwise written to VMDK file (eg Power State, Hardware changes, etc)
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| <code> *.vmdk </code>      || Virtual hard-drive file ||  
| <code> *.vmxf </code>      || Team config        ||  
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| <code> *.nvram </code>     || vBIOS file              || Can be deleted, gets recreated on VM start (BIOS settings will be defaulted)
| <code> *.vmdk </code>     || Virtual hard-drive  ||  
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| <code> *.vswp </code>      || VM memory swap file     || Can be deleted(?)
| <code> *.nvram </code>    || vBIOS              || Can be deleted, gets recreated on VM start (BIOS settings will be defaulted)
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| <code> *.vswp </code>      || VM memory swap     || Can be deleted, but you need to remove the reference to it from the VMX file
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| <code> *.hlog </code>      || VMotion helper      || Can be deleted, as long as there's not a VMotion in progress
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