VMware vSphere files

The following table contains the files and disks created for the virtual desktop provisioned through VMware View and are the standard files for any virtual machine created on a vSphere hypervisor. Normally, you would not have to interact with these files, but understanding their functions can help when you are experiencing problems with your environment:

File type	Description
.vmx	This file is the primary configuration file for a virtual machine. It contains information such as the operating system, disk sizes, networking, and so on.
.vmsd	This contains information and metadata about snapshots.
.vmxf	This contains supplemental configurations file for virtual machines that are in a team. Note that the .vmxf file remains if a virtual machine is removed from the team.
.vswp	This file is a swap file created for each virtual machine to allow VM memory over commitment on an ESXi host. This file is created when a VM is powered on and will be equal in size to...