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    <title>topic Re: Not a supported disk format (sparse VMDK version too old) in ESXi Discussions</title>
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    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;esxi does not support that format - so you have to import it&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;try &lt;BR /&gt;vmkfstools &amp;lt;your sparse.vmdk&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;new.vmdk&amp;gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:31:14 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>continuum</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2012-01-16T17:31:14Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Not a supported disk format (sparse VMDK version too old)</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Not-a-supported-disk-format-sparse-VMDK-version-too-old/m-p/1715413#M158716</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Good morning,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I'm getting the above error [Not a supported disk format (sparse VMDK version too old)] when loading a VMDK created using &lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;&lt;EM&gt;libguestfs&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; and converted to VMDK format using &lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;&lt;EM&gt;VBoxManage convertfromraw&lt;/EM&gt;, with an OVF file that has worked in the past.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;When the VMDK is loaded without any OVF file (and a relatively sane, default hardware specification is chosen), it loads and boots correctly, suggesting that there's a problem with the OVF file.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;How can I tackle this problem?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:26:51 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>talexb</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-01-16T15:26:51Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Not a supported disk format (sparse VMDK version too old)</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Not-a-supported-disk-format-sparse-VMDK-version-too-old/m-p/1715414#M158717</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;vmdks from Virtualbox use some descriptor entries that do not exist in VMware vmdks&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;please post the descriptor&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:36:22 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>continuum</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-01-16T15:36:22Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Not a supported disk format (sparse VMDK version too old)</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Not-a-supported-disk-format-sparse-VMDK-version-too-old/m-p/1715415#M158718</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Sorry -- the descriptor?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I'm re-building the VMDK using the ESX variant .. going to see if that solves it.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:46:40 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>talexb</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-01-16T15:46:40Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Not a supported disk format (sparse VMDK version too old)</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Not-a-supported-disk-format-sparse-VMDK-version-too-old/m-p/1715416#M158719</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;read my notes&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://sanbarrow.com/vmdk-howtos.html#editvmdk"&gt;http://sanbarrow.com/vmdk-howtos.html#editvmdk&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>continuum</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-01-16T15:51:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Not a supported disk format (sparse VMDK version too old)</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Not-a-supported-disk-format-sparse-VMDK-version-too-old/m-p/1715417#M158720</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: monospace;"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;# Disk DescriptorFile&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;version=1&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;CID=4f1447f1&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;parentCID=ffffffff&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;createType="monolithicSparse"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt; &lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;# Extent description&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;RW 83886080 SPARSE "disk.vmdk"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt; &lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;# The Disk Data Base &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;#DDB&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt; &lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;ddb.virtualHWVersion = "4"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;ddb.geometry.cylinders = "83220"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;ddb.geometry.heads = "16"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;ddb.geometry.sectors = "63"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;ddb.adapterType = "ide"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:10:05 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>talexb</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-01-16T16:10:05Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Not a supported disk format (sparse VMDK version too old)</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Not-a-supported-disk-format-sparse-VMDK-version-too-old/m-p/1715418#M158721</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;esxi does not support that format - so you have to import it&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;try &lt;BR /&gt;vmkfstools &amp;lt;your sparse.vmdk&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;new.vmdk&amp;gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:31:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Not-a-supported-disk-format-sparse-VMDK-version-too-old/m-p/1715418#M158721</guid>
      <dc:creator>continuum</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-01-16T17:31:14Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Not a supported disk format (sparse VMDK version too old)</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Not-a-supported-disk-format-sparse-VMDK-version-too-old/m-p/1715419#M158722</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;OK -- thanks.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:37:31 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>talexb</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-01-16T17:37:31Z</dc:date>
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