VMFS is a Virtual file system from VMWARE. CnW Development in underway to produce a flat file from the virtual format.
Several sectors have fixed patterns and are shown below
Partition entry block
00000000 FA B8 00 10 8E D0 BC 00 - B0 B8 00 00 8E D8 8E C0 м ؎
00000010 FB BE 00 7C BF 00 06 B9 - 00 02 F3 A4 EA 21 06 00 | !
00000020 00 BE BE 07 38 04 75 0B - 83 C6 10 81 FE FE 07 75 8u u
00000030 F3 EB 16 B4 02 B0 01 BB - 00 7C B2 80 8A 74 01 8B |t
00000040 4C 02 CD 13 EA 00 7C 00 - 00 EB FE 00 00 00 00 00 L |
000001A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
000001B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 4B 06 0A 00 00 00 00 02 K
000001C0 03 00 FB FE FF FF 80 00 - 00 00 FC 9E B6 2D 00 00 -
000001D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
000001E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
000001F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 AA U
Offset 0x1c6 is the start location of the virtual disk
Offset 0x1ca is the end of the virtual disk - both values in 0x200 byte sectors
Info block
00000000 5E F1 AB 2F 04 00 00 00 - 2E C9 3E 5F 3C C0 6E 00 ^/ .>_<n
00000010 FC 5E 5F 68 B5 99 C9 53 - AD 02 00 00 00 64 61 74 ^_hS dat
00000020 61 73 74 6F 72 65 32 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 astore2
00000030 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00000040 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00000050 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00000060 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00000070 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00000080 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00000090 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00
000000A0 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 - 00 C9 3E 5F 3C 01 00 00 >_<
000000B0 00 9A 3E 5F 3C EC 03 E2 - BD 55 08 68 B5 99 C9 53 >_<UhS
000000C0 AD 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Magic numnber is 0x5ef1ab25 (Big endian)
Offset 0xa1 is the block size, ie 0x200000
VMFS Header, LVM
00000000 0D D0 01 C0 03 00 00 00 - 11 00 00 00 02 16 01 00
00000010 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00000020 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 60 05 `
00000030 08 B1 00 10 52 39 53 59 - 41 4B 4E 55 02 00 4C 4F R9SYAKNU LO
00000040 47 49 43 41 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 GICA
00000050 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 F8
00000060 3D 6D 5B 00 00 00 01 00 - 00 00 B6 05 00 00 B5 05 =m[
00000070 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 10 01 00 00
00000080 00 00 9E 3E 5F 3C F5 3E - ED 82 8D 2E 68 B5 99 C9 >_<>킍.h
00000090 53 AD EF 86 3C 51 34 99 - 03 00 AE E6 CF 53 34 99 S<Q4 S4
000000A0 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
000000B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 A9 FE 00 01 00 00
00000200 00 00 00 60 5B 00 00 00 - B7 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 `[
00000210 01 00 00 00 33 63 35 66 - 33 65 39 61 2D 62 64 65 3c5f3e9a-bde
00000220 32 30 33 65 63 2D 30 38 - 35 35 2D 36 38 62 35 39 203ec-0855-68b59
00000230 39 63 39 35 33 61 64 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 9c953ad
00000240 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00000250 00 00 00 00 9A 3E 5F 3C - EC 03 E2 BD 55 08 68 B5 >_<Uh
00000260 99 C9 53 AD 01 00 00 00 - 4A 31 3D 51 34 99 03 00 S J1=Q4
00000270 00 00 00 00 B6 05 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00000280 B5 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 3B 65 CF 53 34 99 03 00 ;eS4
00000290 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Magic number is 0x0dd001c0 (Big endian)