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 JavaScript generated by Kaitai Struct depends on the JavaScript runtime library. You have to install it before you can parse data.
The JavaScript runtime library is available at npm:
npm install kaitai-structSee the usage examples in the JavaScript notes.
Parse structure from an ArrayBuffer:
var arrayBuffer = ...;
var data = new VmwareVmdk(new KaitaiStream(arrayBuffer));
After that, one can get various attributes from the structure by accessing fields or properties 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
(function (root, factory) {
if (typeof define === 'function' && define.amd) {
define(['kaitai-struct/KaitaiStream'], factory);
} else if (typeof module === 'object' && module.exports) {
module.exports = factory(require('kaitai-struct/KaitaiStream'));
} else {
root.VmwareVmdk = factory(root.KaitaiStream);
}
}(typeof self !== 'undefined' ? self : this, function (KaitaiStream) {
/**
* @see {@link https://github.com/libyal/libvmdk/blob/main/documentation/VMWare%20Virtual%20Disk%20Format%20(VMDK).asciidoc#41-file-header|Source}
*/
var VmwareVmdk = (function() {
VmwareVmdk.CompressionMethods = Object.freeze({
NONE: 0,
DEFLATE: 1,
0: "NONE",
1: "DEFLATE",
});
function VmwareVmdk(_io, _parent, _root) {
this._io = _io;
this._parent = _parent;
this._root = _root || this;
this._read();
}
VmwareVmdk.prototype._read = function() {
this.magic = this._io.readBytes(4);
if (!((KaitaiStream.byteArrayCompare(this.magic, [75, 68, 77, 86]) == 0))) {
throw new KaitaiStream.ValidationNotEqualError([75, 68, 77, 86], this.magic, this._io, "/seq/0");
}
this.version = this._io.readS4le();
this.flags = new HeaderFlags(this._io, this, 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 = this._io.readU2le();
}
/**
* @see {@link https://github.com/libyal/libvmdk/blob/main/documentation/VMWare%20Virtual%20Disk%20Format%20(VMDK).asciidoc#411-flags|Source}
*/
var HeaderFlags = VmwareVmdk.HeaderFlags = (function() {
function HeaderFlags(_io, _parent, _root) {
this._io = _io;
this._parent = _parent;
this._root = _root || this;
this._read();
}
HeaderFlags.prototype._read = function() {
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();
}
return HeaderFlags;
})();
Object.defineProperty(VmwareVmdk.prototype, 'lenSector', {
get: function() {
if (this._m_lenSector !== undefined)
return this._m_lenSector;
this._m_lenSector = 512;
return this._m_lenSector;
}
});
Object.defineProperty(VmwareVmdk.prototype, 'descriptor', {
get: function() {
if (this._m_descriptor !== undefined)
return this._m_descriptor;
var _pos = this._io.pos;
this._io.seek((this.startDescriptor * this._root.lenSector));
this._m_descriptor = this._io.readBytes((this.sizeDescriptor * this._root.lenSector));
this._io.seek(_pos);
return this._m_descriptor;
}
});
Object.defineProperty(VmwareVmdk.prototype, 'grainPrimary', {
get: function() {
if (this._m_grainPrimary !== undefined)
return this._m_grainPrimary;
var _pos = this._io.pos;
this._io.seek((this.startPrimaryGrain * this._root.lenSector));
this._m_grainPrimary = this._io.readBytes((this.sizeGrain * this._root.lenSector));
this._io.seek(_pos);
return this._m_grainPrimary;
}
});
Object.defineProperty(VmwareVmdk.prototype, 'grainSecondary', {
get: function() {
if (this._m_grainSecondary !== undefined)
return this._m_grainSecondary;
var _pos = this._io.pos;
this._io.seek((this.startSecondaryGrain * this._root.lenSector));
this._m_grainSecondary = this._io.readBytes((this.sizeGrain * this._root.lenSector));
this._io.seek(_pos);
return this._m_grainSecondary;
}
});
/**
* Maximum number of sectors in a given image file (capacity)
*/
/**
* Embedded descriptor file start sector number (0 if not available)
*/
/**
* Number of sectors that embedded descriptor file occupies
*/
/**
* Number of grains table entries
*/
/**
* Secondary (backup) grain directory start sector number
*/
/**
* Primary grain directory start sector number
*/
return VmwareVmdk;
})();
return VmwareVmdk;
}));