Hi,

I'm trying to convert some images from raw to vmdk to run in a ESXi6.5 server but I need to rectify the image before being able to run.

The scenario goes like that:

qemu-img convert -f raw image.raw -O vmdk -o compat6 image.vmdk
ESXi complains with "Failed - File system specific implementation of LookupAndOpen"[file] failed
running vmkfstools -x repair on the image make it bootable

 I checked the changes, vmkfstools is basically removing the second descriptor from the end of the file, I'm not familiar enough with the code and the format to know what this means, maybe compat6 should make qemu-img avoid to put that in the end of the file (again, mostly guessing).

Anyway we would need an option to make sure that this second descriptor does not end in the final image.

Can anyone advise on that ?

Thanks,

Guillherme


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