A VMFS tool is software designed to bridge the gap between VMware’s closed ecosystem and standard operating systems. These tools are primarily used for:
This is an open-source project available for Linux systems. It consists of a set of command-line utilities and a FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) module. vmfs tool
: A commercial tool often used for more complex recovery scenarios, such as rebuilding damaged VMFS headers or mounting on Windows. A VMFS tool is software designed to bridge
Several commercial vendors provide GUI-based tools that integrate VMFS parsing capabilities for enterprise data recovery. : A commercial tool often used for more
: The official command-line utility built into ESXi for creating ( -C ), extending, and querying ( --queryfs ) VMFS volumes.
Officially provided by VMware (bundled with vSphere or standalone), this utility allows a Windows host to mount a VMDK (Virtual Disk) file contained within a VMFS datastore.