---
name: "vmdkinfo"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libvmdk-utils"
version: "20240510-1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/vmdkinfo"
---

# vmdkinfo(1)

determines information about a VMware Virtual Disk (VMDK) file(s)

## NAME

**vmdkinfo** – determines information about a VMware Virtual Disk (VMDK) file(s)

## SYNOPSIS

**vmdkinfo** \[**-ahvV**\] *vmdk\_files*

## DESCRIPTION

**vmdkinfo** is a utility to determine information about a VMware Virtual Disk (VMDK) file(s)

**vmdkinfo** is part of the **libvmdk** package. **libvmdk** is a library to access the VMware Virtual Disk (VMDK) format

*vmdk\_files* the entire set of VMDK segment files or the one containing the descriptor.

The options are as follows:

- **-a**

  shows allocation information

- **-h**

  shows this help

- **-v**

  verbose output to stderr

- **-V**

  print version

## ENVIRONMENT

None

## FILES

None

## EXAMPLES

```
# vmdkinfo file.vmdk
vmdkinfo 20130514
VMware Virtual Disk (VMDK) information:
	Disk type:			Monolithic sparse
	Media size:			8589934592 bytes
	Content identifier:		0x505dcf0a
	Parent content identifier:	0xffffffff
```

## DIAGNOSTICS

Errors, verbose and debug output are printed to stderr when verbose output -v is enabled. Verbose and debug output are only printed when enabled at compilation.

## BUGS

Please report bugs of any kind to \<joachim.metz@gmail.com\> or on the project website: https://github.com/libyal/libvmdk/

## AUTHOR

These man pages were written by Joachim Metz.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2009-2024, Joachim Metz \<joachim.metz@gmail.com\>. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

## SEE ALSO