vmdk files and vmwarevm files

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I have used vmware server on windos xp before and now I am trying vmware fusion.

I have created several vm's all with Centos 4.5 guest OS. Some have multiple hard drives.

I do a search on my OS for "vmdk" to try to find the disk files and I can't find them. Does vmware fusion use vmdk files?

When I look at my vmwarevm files they are quite large. several gigabytes. It makes me wonder that the vmdk files are just part of the vmwarevm files? If this is true how do I create disks to share across multiple Vms in fusion?

[Guess2]

I found the following in the FAQ. When I control click on the vmwarevm I get an option to open and open with, none for "show package contents". same when i right click.I tried it with a mouse and with my click button on my mac book pro laptop.

Virtual Machine Files*For non-boot Camp virtual machines, Fusion puts virtual machines (VMs)

in "/Users/yourusername/Documents/Virtual Machines/" by default. Boot

Camp virtual machines are located in

"/Users/yourusername/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/Virtual

Machines/". You can also see the location of a virtual machine in the

Virtual Machine Library by hovering the mouse over the listing - the

location should pop up in a tooltip.*

*Another simple way to locate your VM while open is to Control-Click on

the VM windows icon. This will bring up a pop-up box showing all of the

enclosing folders to your virtual machine. Clicking on its proximal

containing folder will open it in a new Finder window.*

VMs are packaged up in

bundles a.k.a. *packages,

which is OS X's way of showing things that really belong together.

Other examples of bundles include most applications and installers.

Fusion bundles have the extension ".vmwarevm" (OS X may hide this by

default). You can examine the contents of a bundle by going to the

bundle in the Finder, ctrl-clicking it, and choosing "Show Package

Contents"*

By default, bundles contain the files that describe a virtual machine. These files include:

• A virtual disk file (.vmdk)*

• This can be a single large file or many 2GB chunks, depending on
  how you set up your disk. If you have a snapshot, there will also be
  more of these.

• A configuration file (.vmx)*

• This is a plaintext file describing the virtual machine, such as
  which files it uses, how much RAM it gets, and various settings.

• A BIOS file (.nvram)*

• This contains information such as the virtual machine's boot order

• Log file(s) (vmware.log)

• This is a plaintext file that contains information on the most
  recent run of the virtual machine, and corresponds to the vmware-vmx
  process. The next-most-recent is called vmware-0.log, then
  vmware-1.log, and finally vmware-2.log. If you ever have a problem with
  Fusion, you may be asked to provide this file.

Other files are created when you run the virtual machine. These include:

• Lock files (.lck)*

• Memory file (.vmem)*

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