What is a .VMSD file?
VMSD records the snapshot information for a VMware virtual machine.
- Did you know
- The VMSD keeps track of a VM’s chain of snapshots.
- The VMSD is the primary source the VMware Snapshot Manager reads to draw a virtual machine’s snapshot tree.
- Each VMSD entry records the parent-child relationships between snapshots and the child disks belonging to each one.
- 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
- .VMSD 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 .VMSD file
- Drag a .VMSD 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.