Vmware Flat: Vmdk

# Mount a flat VMDK directly (offset calculation may be needed) losetup /dev/loop0 myvm-flat.vmdk # Or use guestmount guestmount -a myvm-flat.vmdk -i /mnt/vmdisk

# Recreate the descriptor vmkfstools -z /path/to/flat.vmdk /path/to/new.vmdk vmware flat vmdk