Create vm using vmdk file downloaded with vddk library

Abhay_123 — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 14:18:57 GMT

Hi Team,

I am working on a backup solution task for which I need to backup vmdk files before deleting vSphere SDDC and later on I should be able to create vm using vmdk files as disk. Since number of vms are very large, I am using vddk library to read vmdk files and save it on cloud. I am facing issue while uploading vmdk files to vSphere using vCenter UI. I guess because files downloaded from vddk is not stream optimized.

I used tried converting vmdk file downloaded from vddk library using vdiskmanager but it fails with error "Failed to convert disk: The specified file is not a virtual disk (0x3ebf)."

My question is can import a vmdk file downloaded using vddk library to vsphere and create a vm using it?

Re: Create vm using vmdk file downloaded with vddk library

hunnypuppy — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 23:07:23 GMT

I had a similar issue and then realized that I had 2 vmdk files, one was a few bytes and other large (the main virtual disk). The one with the few bytes was the description file (you can open with a text editor) which internally points to the large main disk. You need to specify the source as the descriptor file in such a scenario.

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Create vm using vmdk file downloaded with vddk library

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