Questions tagged [vmdk]
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How to check the uuid of a virtualbox vdi?
How can I check the uuid of a vdi or vmdk?
There should be some command line on VBoxManage to show it.
I know I read it some place in the docs, but now for some reason I can't find it...

Radagast the Brown
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Mounting VMDK disk image
I have a single vmware disk image file with vmdk extension
I am trying to mount this and explore all of the partitions (including hidden ones).
I've tried to follow several guides, such as :…

Without Me It Just Aweso
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convert vmdk to ova using ovftool
I am trying to convert vmdk file to ova uisng ovftool
This is the command I type.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool>ovftool -st=vmdk "C:\Windows Server 2016\win2trg1-1.vmdk" -tt=ova "C:\Windows Server 2016\win2trg1-1.ova"
However it did not…
user10068582
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VBoxManage cant get vm ip address
I'm trying to get vm ip address with VBoxManage guestproperty enumerate
but get this result :
Name: /VirtualBox/HostInfo/GUI/LanguageID, value: en_US, timestamp: 1592898609729744000, flags: RDONLYGUEST
Name:…

klevchenko
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AWS ec2 import-instance error-No valid partitions. Not a valid volume.[Client error]
I am trying to import a SO VMDK file(OVA/OVF) of Ubuntu server 14.04 to AWS ,But facing the below error
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even though the machine seems to have proper partitioning and volumes
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This happens only in case of Ubuntu server, while Windows server…

vaish
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Yocto sumo, meta-virtualization with vmdk
I try to build a custom linux distro with yocto sumo, that will include docker. I downloaded yocto core, and added meta-virtualization layer (from sumo branch).
I am able to build and run it successfully. The problem is that I want to create a vmdk…

Alkis Mavridis
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Migrate multiple vmdk to openstack
I have a running vm in vmware environment and need to migrate that vm to openstack environment(qcow2).
I exported my virtual machine and it created 3 vmdks files, now how can I install this 3 vmdk files in to openstack environment. I have converted…

vibede2249
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VMDK to ISO file converter
I am using virtualbox and creating a VMDK file.
I am creating ova file using virtualbox. but there is no any option to create iso file.Please suggest how I am convert this VMDK to ISO.

Mohd Kamruddin
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Convert VMDK file to compressed RAW file
Explanation:
I created one virtual machine on my computer with VMWare. Now I need to move it on a VPS in Frankfurt.
Using the function provided by VMWare I created a snapshot (VMDK file)
On the hosting website I must upload a RAW format file.
To do…

Carlo Zanocco
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Can't import disk image to Google Cloud Platform
I'm trying to import image to Google Cloud Platform from vmdk file:
gcloud compute images import jira-vmdk --source-file gs://r-vm/jira_0-flat.vmdk.gz --os debian-9
OS pre-verified by import_precheck utility:
import_precheck screen
But an error…

Mstislav Martynyuk
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qemu-system-x86_64 No bootable device. ARM M2 processor. mit6.858
I'm learning the mit6.858. In Lab1, I need to set up the lab environment on my M2 Mac using qemu (version 7.2.0 installed by homebrew).
I follow the instruction of the lab hints and run the course VM Image with this shell scripts:
#!/bin/bash
if !…

Sugar-Coder
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Delete VMDK file with powershell/powercli command?
I'm a little bit stuck because I would like to delete some VMDK file from vSphere with a PowerShell or PowerCLI command.
I know how to do that from the vSphere vCenter GUI but I didn't find how to do that with a command.
Do you think that there is a…

TomTom30
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How to replace vmdk files in a ova file
I have a ova file, i want to replace a disk.vmdk from it with disk2.vmdk
How i can achieve it, what are the steps and procedure to be done like changing values of it in .mf file and .ovf file ....etc
Thanks in advance

Anil Kumar
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Recover lost data from VirtualBox/Vagrant after host crash
Our linux server has been rebooted after server crash/freeze.
Trying to use a virtual machine (using vagrant up) , I've noticed the VM (created with vagrant) reverted to a prior version (version of the first week since vm creation).
I 'm now trying…

johny
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Import virtual disk to Google Cloud with Custom network
When I try to import a vmdk file to GCP with gcloud compute images import command, I get
"googleapi: Error 400: Invalid value for field 'resource.networkInterfaces[0]': ''.
Subnetwork should be specified for custom subnetmode network".
The subnet…

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