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Bill_B
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Importing A Ghost 9 Bootable Partition Image

When I select an image to import it only allows for the full hard drive image and not images for individual bootable partitions. I need to select an individual image not the full drive. If I force selection of an individual image the import fails. Is there a specific type Ghost 9 of backup image required for the import?

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gautam
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You cannot select individual partitions within a set of disk images for an import. If you want a specific partition, you will have to take a ghost image of that partition by itself and then try to import it. Does this work for you?

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Bill_B
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I realized that last night and made a separate backup from the partition. The file is now recognized but the calculation of disk space required is incorrect and it fails because of insufficient space.

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gautam
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This is a known issue in the Beta that will be fixed in the final release. You will need to import this to a disk with (free space) > (total size of ghosted partition)

Although the new VM will not occupy all that space, because of the disk space check problem the application needs to "see" that much free space on the drive.

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Bill_B
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The partition size of the ghosted partition is 20GB. I attempted to import to an 80GB USB drive with 38GB of free space. The import again failed. The import log still is showing an extremely large requirement which isn't close to the partition size or the 80GB drive the partition is part of. I am skeptical of the proposed fix since this problem doesn't seem to be fixed by the workaround. The following data is from the import log:

\[2006-04-06 14:38:58.406 'App' 2704 info] \[localImportSource,134] Source VM name is "BILLSPARTITION"

\[2006-04-06 14:38:58.406 'App' 4624 verbose] \[ufaConnection,87] Creating local adapter...

\[2006-04-06 14:38:58.406 'App' 6108 verbose] \[slaveConnection,183] Creating local connection to the co-located slave

\[2006-04-06 14:38:58.406 'App' 6108 verbose] \[diskSet,263] GetDisks: disk=\{19d1d3708ad97695a1ad6f472802fa93dd6e2126}

\[2006-04-06 14:38:58.406 'App' 2760 verbose] \[diskSet,263] GetDisks: disk=\{19d1d3708ad97695a1ad6f472802fa93dd6e2126}

\[2006-04-06 14:38:58.468 'App' 2704 info] \[localImportSource,147] Source capacity=101014663680 Source space used=101014663680

\[2006-04-06 14:38:58.468 'App' 2704 info] \[localImportDestination,122] Available space=38383460352 Required space=101014663680

Let me know if I can provide more information.

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GRedner
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(nevermind, misread previous post)

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