__top__ — What Is Flat.vmdk

A large, binary file that contains the actual raw data of the guest operating system, its applications, and your files.

A flat.vmdk file is essentially a part of a VMDK file set. When you create a virtual disk for a VMware VM, two files are created on the datastore: what is flat.vmdk

In the world of VMware virtualization, a virtual machine disk isn't just a single file. If you’ve ever peeked into an ESXi datastore, you might have noticed a large file ending in . A large, binary file that contains the actual