I have tried, many times, to use qemu-img to create StreamOptimized for VMWare ESXi 6.0 OVAs.
It does NOT work. After days of research, I replaced qemu-img, by vboxmanage, then, it worked! Now, I'm using something this: -- vboxmanage convertfromraw packer/output-vm.raw packer/output-vm-disk1.vmdk --format vmdk --variant Stream -- I also had to edit the headers, with dd: --- dd if=output-vm-disk1.vmdk of=output-vm-disk1.descriptor bs=1 skip=512 count=1024 sed -i -e 's/ide/lsilogic/g' output-vm-disk1.descriptor dd conv=notrunc,nocreat if=output-vm-disk1.descriptor of=output-disk1.vmdk bs=1 seek=512 count=1024 --- This is the only way to build StreamOptimized VMDKs, for inclusion inside of OVA, that works on VMWare 6.0. The qemu-img can not be used. Here is my full solution to this problem (if the same problem): https://github.com/tmartinx/svauto/blob/dev/image-factory.sh#L510 I'm just not entirely sure if we're talking about the same problem here... Cheers! Thiago -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to qemu in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1006655 Title: Can't convert to vmdk with the streamOptimized subformat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1006655/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
