If you are wondering what are the files in virtual machine directory, then this article should be helpful for you.
Refer to the following table for the extensions alongwith description and sample filename.
VMWare File Extensions.
Extension
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Description
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File Name
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.log
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This is the file that keeps a log of key VMware Workstation activity. This file is stored in the directory that holds the configuration (.vmx) file of the virtual machine and can be useful in troubleshooting if you encounter problems.
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<vmname>.log
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.nvram
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BIOS of Virtual Machine
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<vmname>.nvram
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.vmdk
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The virtual disk is made up of one or more .vmdk files. If you have specified that the virtual disk should be split into 2GB chunks, the number of .vmdk files depends on the size of the virtual disk. As data is added to a virtual disk, the .vmdk files grow in size, to a maximum of 2GB each. (If you specify that all space should be allocated when you create the disk, these files start at the maximum size and do not grow.) Almost all of a .vmdk file's content is the virtual machine's data, with a small portion allotted to virtual machine overhead.
This is a redo-log file, created automatically when a virtual machine has one or more snapshots. This file stores changes made to a virtual disk while the virtual machine is running. There may be more than one such file. The ### indicates a unique suffix added automatically by VMware Workstation to avoid duplicate file names.
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<vmname>.vmdk
<diskname>-<###>.vmdk
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.vmsd and .vmsd
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.vmsd is the centralized file for storing metadata about the snapshot. The VMSN file stores the running state of the machine, what you could consider the "delta" between the VMDK at the point of the snapshot and what has been processed up until the present time.
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<vmname>.vmsd
<vmname>-Snapshot.vmsn
<vmname>-Snapshot<###>.vmsn
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Suspended state file
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<vmname>.vmss
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.vmtm
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The configuration file containing team data
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<vmname>.vmtm
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.vmx
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This is the primary configuration file, which stores settings chosen in the New Virtual Machine Wizard or virtual machine settings editor. If you created the virtual machine under an earlier version of VMware Workstation on a Linux host, this file may have a .cfg extension .
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<vmname>.vmx
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.vmxf
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This is a supplemental configuration file for virtual machines that are in a team. Note that the .vmxf file remains if a virtual machine is removed from the team.
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<vmname>.vmxf
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.hlog
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If the VM is vmotioned, this files gets created and can be safely removed.
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<vmname>.hlog
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.vmem
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These files contains backup of VM’s paging file. It grows immediately to the size of the RAM assigned to VM as it gets Powered ON.
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<vmware>.vmem
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.vswp
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The .vswp file is created on power-on of the VM. It’s size is equal to the amount of UNRESERVED vRAM. This means if you have a VM with 4GB of vRAM, but 3GB is reserved, the .vswp will be 1GB.
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<vmware>.swp
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