VMware GSX Server 2.5.2

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Updating Filenames for Virtual Disks Created with Earlier VMware Products

Except for VMware Workstation 3.0 and later, previous VMware products, including GSX Server 1, named virtual disk files with a .dsk extension. GSX Server now uses a .vmdk extension for those files. During installation of the GSX Server 2 software on a Windows host, GSX Server offers to update existing virtual disk files automatically. It also automatically updates references to the virtual disk files in the configuration files for the virtual machine.

In addition, GSX Server converts the filename extensions for the files that store the state of a suspended virtual machine. The old extension was .std. The new extension is .vmss.

This feature only exists on Windows hosts. It is not necessary to rename the files on a Linux host. However, if you move the virtual machine to a Windows host, you can rename the files at that time.

Running the Updater at a Later Time

On a Windows host computer, you can run the filename updater at any time. To do so, follow these steps.

Open a command prompt.
Change to the folder in which the GSX Server program files are installed. If you installed the files in the default locations, use this command.
cd C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware GSX Server
Run the updater.
dskrename.exe

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