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kami88
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VMDK file not recognized as a virtual disk

Hi all,

I have 2 VMDK files from an old virtual machine that I've deleted. I only kept the virtual disks. Now, I created a new virtual machine & tried to add the 2 virtual disks, but they are not recognized as a vmdk file, just as a 'file' (see screenshot)

Is there a way to add the 2 virtual disks to the TEWEB02 machine?

Thx a lot!

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TomHowarth
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Here is a post from Continuum in it is a link to a very nice tool he has written for this very task

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krishna11
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Create any dummy VM, and modify the vmdk of dummy VM direct to your flat vmdk

example,

vi dummy.vmdk

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RW 10485760 VMFS "RHEL4U5-UP-FLEX-LSI-32BIT-flat.vmdk"

change the above vmdk path with your original vmdk and size of flat vmdk in sectors(10485760).

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Thx for the reply,

But I don't get it i think. Can you explain your solution a little bit more clearly?

Thx a lot!

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TomHowarth
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Here is a post from Continuum in it is a link to a very nice tool he has written for this very task

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Tom Howarth

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Tom Howarth VCP / VCAP / vExpert
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Thx a lot Tom!

You're wonderfull! :smileycool:

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