vmdkReader

.Net 4.0 Console App to read and extract files from vmdk images

Uses https://github.com/DiscUtils/DiscUtils lib to parse the vmdk images.

Useful in cases where the vmdk is on the network and you only want to copy a single file instead of GBs (e.g ntds.dit), since it does not transfer the whole disk over the network.

Project uses:

• Quamotion.DiscUtils.Core
• Quamotion.DiscUtils.Ntfs
• Quamotion.DiscUtils.Streams
• Quamotion.DiscUtils.Vmdk

and ILMerge 3.0.29 & ILMerge.MSBuild.Task to bundle the required dlls. Generated file < 1024kb

Commands:

dir

--source: The source of the vmdk drive. It can also accept SMB paths

--directory: The directory you want to list from the vmdk disk. If not provided will default to root path

cp - Will copy a file from the vmdk to the destination provided

--source: The source of the vmdk drive. It can also accept SMB paths

--file2copy: The file you want to copy from the vmdk disk

--destination: The destination where to save the file

Examples:

vmdk.exe --command dir --source \backupserver\dc01\dc01.vmdk --directory \Windows\System32")

vmdk.exe --command cp --source \backupserver\dc01\dc01.vmdk --file2copy \Windows\System32\calc.exe --destination C:\users\user\Desktop\calc.exe

WARNING - tested only with specific vmdk/vhd images and network latencies. Use at your own risk!

TODO

Add support for filesystem detection

Add support for nfs / iSCSI