vmdktool mit Homebrew installieren

Projektlinks

• Homepage

Befehle und Aliase

• vmdktool

Projektgeschichte

The vmdktool manual says Brian Somers originally wrote the program in 2009 after being unable to find free tools for creating VMDK files. The same history section says it was used and fixed at companies where the author worked before being released publicly in 2012, after which support was added for the VMDK format update from version 1.1 to version 5.0.

Wie es verwendet wird

Typical use is direct and file-oriented: inspect an image with `vmdktool -i`, convert a raw filesystem image to a stream-optimized VMDK with `-v`, or extract raw data from a VMDK with random-access or streaming modes. The manual examples show using the tool in image-editing workflows where a VMDK is unpacked, mounted, modified, and repacked.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

For package users, vmdktool is notable because it occupies the narrow gap between raw disk-image manipulation and full virtualization products. It is the kind of tiny sysadmin utility that becomes useful in automated VM image pipelines, especially where a free, scriptable VMDK converter is preferred over a vendor GUI.

Zeitleiste

• 2009: Brian Somers writes vmdktool to fill a free-tooling gap for creating VMDK files.
• 2012: vmdktool is released to the general public.
• 2012: Support is added for the VMDK specification update from version 1.1 to version 5.0.

Quellen

• FreeBSD vmdktool manual: https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=vmdktool&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+Ports+15.0
• vmdktool manual source mirror with HISTORY section: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/glennmatthews/vmdktool/master/vmdktool.8