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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)