VMware vSphere SDKs and Tools 8.0

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VMX Specification

On VMware platform products,
.vmx
 is a text file (usually located in the same directory as virtual disk files) specifying virtual machine configuration. The Virtual Machine eXecutable (VMX) process is the user-space component (or “world”) of a virtual machine. The virtual disk library connects to virtual machine storage through the VMX process.
When specifying connection parameters (see Data Structures in Virtual Disk API) the preferred syntax for
vmxSpec
 is as follows:
  • Managed object reference of the virtual machine, an opaque object that you obtain programmatically using the
    PropertyCollector
     managed object:
    moRef=
    <moref-of-vm>
    The
    moRef
     of a virtual machine or disk snapshot on an ESXi host is likely different than the
    moRef
     of the same virtual machine or disk snapshot as managed by vCenter Server. Here are two example
    moRef
     specifications, one for ESXi and one for vCenter Server, both referring to the same snapshot:
    moref=153
moref=271

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