This page hosts a formal specification of VMWare Virtual Disk using Kaitai Struct. This specification can be automatically translated into a variety of programming languages to get a parsing library.
All parsing code for Java generated by Kaitai Struct depends on the Java runtime library. You have to install it before you can parse data.
The Java runtime library is published in the Maven Central Repository. Refer to the artifact page for instructions how to add it into your project with the build tool that you use.
Parse a local file and get structure in memory:
VmwareVmdk data = VmwareVmdk.fromFile("path/to/local/file.vmdk");
Or parse structure from a byte array:
byte[] someArray = new byte[] { ... };
VmwareVmdk data = new VmwareVmdk(new ByteBufferKaitaiStream(someArray));
After that, one can get various attributes from the structure by invoking getter methods like:
data.sizeMax() // => Maximum number of sectors in a given image file (capacity)
// This is a generated file! Please edit source .ksy file and use kaitai-struct-compiler to rebuild
import io.kaitai.struct.ByteBufferKaitaiStream;
import io.kaitai.struct.KaitaiStruct;
import io.kaitai.struct.KaitaiStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Arrays;
/**
* @see <a href="https://github.com/libyal/libvmdk/blob/main/documentation/VMWare%20Virtual%20Disk%20Format%20(VMDK).asciidoc#41-file-header">Source</a>
*/
public class VmwareVmdk extends KaitaiStruct {
public static VmwareVmdk fromFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
return new VmwareVmdk(new ByteBufferKaitaiStream(fileName));
}
public enum CompressionMethods {
NONE(0),
DEFLATE(1);
private final long id;
CompressionMethods(long id) { this.id = id; }
public long id() { return id; }
private static final Map<Long, CompressionMethods> byId = new HashMap<Long, CompressionMethods>(2);
static {
for (CompressionMethods e : CompressionMethods.values())
byId.put(e.id(), e);
}
public static CompressionMethods byId(long id) { return byId.get(id); }
}
public VmwareVmdk(KaitaiStream _io) {
this(_io, null, null);
}
public VmwareVmdk(KaitaiStream _io, KaitaiStruct _parent) {
this(_io, _parent, null);
}
public VmwareVmdk(KaitaiStream _io, KaitaiStruct _parent, VmwareVmdk _root) {
super(_io);
this._parent = _parent;
this._root = _root == null ? this : _root;
_read();
}
private void _read() {
this.magic = this._io.readBytes(4);
if (!(Arrays.equals(magic(), new byte[] { 75, 68, 77, 86 }))) {
throw new KaitaiStream.ValidationNotEqualError(new byte[] { 75, 68, 77, 86 }, magic(), _io(), "/seq/0");
}
this.version = this._io.readS4le();
this.flags = new HeaderFlags(this._io, this, _root);
this.sizeMax = this._io.readS8le();
this.sizeGrain = this._io.readS8le();
this.startDescriptor = this._io.readS8le();
this.sizeDescriptor = this._io.readS8le();
this.numGrainTableEntries = this._io.readS4le();
this.startSecondaryGrain = this._io.readS8le();
this.startPrimaryGrain = this._io.readS8le();
this.sizeMetadata = this._io.readS8le();
this.isDirty = this._io.readU1();
this.stuff = this._io.readBytes(4);
this.compressionMethod = CompressionMethods.byId(this._io.readU2le());
}
/**
* @see <a href="https://github.com/libyal/libvmdk/blob/main/documentation/VMWare%20Virtual%20Disk%20Format%20(VMDK).asciidoc#411-flags">Source</a>
*/
public static class HeaderFlags extends KaitaiStruct {
public static HeaderFlags fromFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
return new HeaderFlags(new ByteBufferKaitaiStream(fileName));
}
public HeaderFlags(KaitaiStream _io) {
this(_io, null, null);
}
public HeaderFlags(KaitaiStream _io, VmwareVmdk _parent) {
this(_io, _parent, null);
}
public HeaderFlags(KaitaiStream _io, VmwareVmdk _parent, VmwareVmdk _root) {
super(_io);
this._parent = _parent;
this._root = _root;
_read();
}
private void _read() {
this.reserved1 = this._io.readBitsIntBe(5);
this.zeroedGrainTableEntry = this._io.readBitsIntBe(1) != 0;
this.useSecondaryGrainDir = this._io.readBitsIntBe(1) != 0;
this.validNewLineDetectionTest = this._io.readBitsIntBe(1) != 0;
this._io.alignToByte();
this.reserved2 = this._io.readU1();
this.reserved3 = this._io.readBitsIntBe(6);
this.hasMetadata = this._io.readBitsIntBe(1) != 0;
this.hasCompressedGrain = this._io.readBitsIntBe(1) != 0;
this._io.alignToByte();
this.reserved4 = this._io.readU1();
}
private long reserved1;
private boolean zeroedGrainTableEntry;
private boolean useSecondaryGrainDir;
private boolean validNewLineDetectionTest;
private int reserved2;
private long reserved3;
private boolean hasMetadata;
private boolean hasCompressedGrain;
private int reserved4;
private VmwareVmdk _root;
private VmwareVmdk _parent;
public long reserved1() { return reserved1; }
public boolean zeroedGrainTableEntry() { return zeroedGrainTableEntry; }
public boolean useSecondaryGrainDir() { return useSecondaryGrainDir; }
public boolean validNewLineDetectionTest() { return validNewLineDetectionTest; }
public int reserved2() { return reserved2; }
public long reserved3() { return reserved3; }
public boolean hasMetadata() { return hasMetadata; }
public boolean hasCompressedGrain() { return hasCompressedGrain; }
public int reserved4() { return reserved4; }
public VmwareVmdk _root() { return _root; }
public VmwareVmdk _parent() { return _parent; }
}
private Integer lenSector;
public Integer lenSector() {
if (this.lenSector != null)
return this.lenSector;
int _tmp = (int) (512);
this.lenSector = _tmp;
return this.lenSector;
}
private byte[] descriptor;
public byte[] descriptor() {
if (this.descriptor != null)
return this.descriptor;
long _pos = this._io.pos();
this._io.seek((startDescriptor() * _root().lenSector()));
this.descriptor = this._io.readBytes((sizeDescriptor() * _root().lenSector()));
this._io.seek(_pos);
return this.descriptor;
}
private byte[] grainPrimary;
public byte[] grainPrimary() {
if (this.grainPrimary != null)
return this.grainPrimary;
long _pos = this._io.pos();
this._io.seek((startPrimaryGrain() * _root().lenSector()));
this.grainPrimary = this._io.readBytes((sizeGrain() * _root().lenSector()));
this._io.seek(_pos);
return this.grainPrimary;
}
private byte[] grainSecondary;
public byte[] grainSecondary() {
if (this.grainSecondary != null)
return this.grainSecondary;
long _pos = this._io.pos();
this._io.seek((startSecondaryGrain() * _root().lenSector()));
this.grainSecondary = this._io.readBytes((sizeGrain() * _root().lenSector()));
this._io.seek(_pos);
return this.grainSecondary;
}
private byte[] magic;
private int version;
private HeaderFlags flags;
private long sizeMax;
private long sizeGrain;
private long startDescriptor;
private long sizeDescriptor;
private int numGrainTableEntries;
private long startSecondaryGrain;
private long startPrimaryGrain;
private long sizeMetadata;
private int isDirty;
private byte[] stuff;
private CompressionMethods compressionMethod;
private VmwareVmdk _root;
private KaitaiStruct _parent;
public byte[] magic() { return magic; }
public int version() { return version; }
public HeaderFlags flags() { return flags; }
/**
* Maximum number of sectors in a given image file (capacity)
*/
public long sizeMax() { return sizeMax; }
public long sizeGrain() { return sizeGrain; }
/**
* Embedded descriptor file start sector number (0 if not available)
*/
public long startDescriptor() { return startDescriptor; }
/**
* Number of sectors that embedded descriptor file occupies
*/
public long sizeDescriptor() { return sizeDescriptor; }
/**
* Number of grains table entries
*/
public int numGrainTableEntries() { return numGrainTableEntries; }
/**
* Secondary (backup) grain directory start sector number
*/
public long startSecondaryGrain() { return startSecondaryGrain; }
/**
* Primary grain directory start sector number
*/
public long startPrimaryGrain() { return startPrimaryGrain; }
public long sizeMetadata() { return sizeMetadata; }
public int isDirty() { return isDirty; }
public byte[] stuff() { return stuff; }
public CompressionMethods compressionMethod() { return compressionMethod; }
public VmwareVmdk _root() { return _root; }
public KaitaiStruct _parent() { return _parent; }
}