What is a .VBK file?
VBK is a full backup file created by Veeam Backup & Replication.
- Did you know
- A VBK holds a complete Veeam backup of a server or virtual machine.
- A VBK sits at the head of a Veeam backup chain, with later changes saved as incremental .vib files that depend on that full backup.
- Veeam compresses and deduplicates virtual-machine data before writing it into the .vbk in its own proprietary container format.
- What Analyser reads
- Identify and read more disk images, firmware and VM files: TRX router firmware, USB DFU images, UEFI/BIOS flash volumes (.fd/.rom), Linux UBI volumes, Android sparse images (.simg), U-Boot FIT (.itb), raw floppy images (.dsk/.ima/.vfd with FAT boot sector), VMware snapshot metadata and NVRAM, Parallels VMs and disks (.pvm/.hdd), OVF manifests (.mf) and Veeam backups (.vbk).
- Depth of analysis
- .VBK is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .VBK file
- Drag a .VBK file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.