Re: [Qemu-discuss] ESX 4.1 does not recognize the converted VMDK file

[Fam Zheng]

On Wed, 10/21 08:02, Flavio Borup wrote:
> ESX 4.1 does not recognize the converted VMDK file
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> I´ve converted a VHDX file to .VMDK file with the following command:
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> qemu-img convert -f vhdx "source.vhdx" -o subformat=monolithicFlat -O vmdk
> "destination.vmdk"
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> I want a fixed size .VMDK, so, mission accomplished, a 16GB (dynamic) .VHDX
> turned into a 65 GB .VMDK file (the actual size of the disk)
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> In vSpehere client, the file was uploaded to the storage (2 files, a little
> “flat” file and another 65 GB .VMDK file)
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> But...
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> The vSphere client does not recognize anything in the directory, showing an
> empty folder. I tried to move the converted .VMDK files to another
> directory with other regular .VMDK files, all files were seen, expect the
> converted .VMDK file.
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Can you create a working monolithicFlat file with vSphere and compare it with
the converted one? vSphere is known to be picky on some fields in undocumented
way..

Fam