No, they are all part of one vmdk disk. They are used as the disk space grows (it is not all pre-allocated), and the option is available when you create any new disk for a VM in VMWare. Snapshots are a totally different concept.
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V:\Windows Server 2012R2>dir *.vmdk
Volume in drive V is VM3
Volume Serial Number is D8BF-86C9
Directory of V:\Windows Server 2012R2
01/05/2022 09:04 AM 2,077,163,520 Windows Server 2012-s001.vmdk
01/05/2022 09:04 AM 2,088,108,032 Windows Server 2012-s002.vmdk
01/05/2022 09:04 AM 2,081,226,752 Windows Server 2012-s003.vmdk
01/05/2022 09:04 AM 1,858,666,496 Windows Server 2012-s004.vmdk
01/05/2022 09:04 AM 1,148,583,936 Windows Server 2012-s005.vmdk
01/05/2022 09:04 AM 2,037,252,096 Windows Server 2012-s006.vmdk
01/05/2022 09:04 AM 2,026,504,192 Windows Server 2012-s007.vmdk
01/05/2022 09:04 AM 2,067,791,872 Windows Server 2012-s008.vmdk
01/05/2022 09:04 AM 2,121,007,104 Windows Server 2012-s009.vmdk
01/05/2022 09:04 AM 2,021,785,600 Windows Server 2012-s010.vmdk
01/05/2022 09:04 AM 1,727,332,352 Windows Server 2012-s011.vmdk
01/05/2022 09:04 AM 2,023,882,752 Windows Server 2012-s012.vmdk
01/05/2022 09:04 AM 1,888,223,232 Windows Server 2012-s013.vmdk
01/05/2022 09:04 AM 1,432,944,640 Windows Server 2012-s014.vmdk
01/05/2022 09:04 AM 2,122,579,968 Windows Server 2012-s015.vmdk
01/05/2022 09:04 AM 2,146,041,856 Windows Server 2012-s016.vmdk
01/05/2022 09:04 AM 2,071,986,176 Windows Server 2012-s017.vmdk
01/05/2022 09:04 AM 2,111,242,240 Windows Server 2012-s018.vmdk
01/05/2022 09:04 AM 1,662,320,640 Windows Server 2012-s019.vmdk
01/05/2022 09:04 AM 906,362,880 Windows Server 2012-s020.vmdk
01/05/2022 09:04 AM 134,479,872 Windows Server 2012-s021.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s022.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s023.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s024.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s025.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s026.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s027.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s028.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s029.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s030.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s031.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s032.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s033.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s034.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s035.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s036.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s037.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s038.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s039.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s040.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s041.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s042.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s043.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s044.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s045.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s046.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s047.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s048.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s049.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s050.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s051.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s052.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s053.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s054.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s055.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s056.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s057.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s058.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s059.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s060.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s061.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s062.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s063.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s064.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s065.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s066.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s067.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s068.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s069.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s070.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s071.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s072.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s073.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s074.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s075.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s076.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s077.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s078.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s079.vmdk
01/05/2022 08:54 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2012-s080.vmdk
01/05/2022 09:04 AM 131,072 Windows Server 2012-s081.vmdk
07/19/2019 04:34 PM 4,536 Windows Server 2012.vmdk
82 File(s) 37,774,954,936 bytes
0 Dir(s) 380,432,412,672 bytes free