This creates new-disk.vmdk (descriptor) linking to the flat file.
Based on this report, we recommend:
In VMware, a VMDK (Virtual Machine Disk) file is a container file that stores the virtual disk of a virtual machine (VM). A flat VMDK file is a type of VMDK file that stores the virtual disk as a single, flat file. restore vmware flat vmdk
To minimize the risk of data loss and ensure successful restoration: This creates new-disk