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Unable to open Snapshot using VDDK
{"level":"error","ts":1764409482.772595,"caller":"vddk-service/service.go:125","msg":"Failed to open disk","error":"...
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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 ...
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2
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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 ...
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gcp compute engine vmdk bootable disk import fails with message "import" run error: Step "wait-for-translate" (WaitForInstancesSignal) timed-out
I have a vmdk file for a windows server boot disk that I received from our partners.
I have loaded it up in a google GCS bucket with intention of creating a GCP disk "image" and thereafter ...
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Shrink CentOS VMDK on VMWare ESXi
I am trying to deploy an OVA based application which uses CentOS as base image. The recommended size of the application is 128 GB however, for some bizarre reason the expanded vmdk size is 502 GB.
I ...
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Recover project from vmdk file
I want to recover project from vmdk file, am using vmware and it has catalina installed on it.
After restarting the vmware i was not able to open catalina again it keep saying macos 15.5.0 not ...
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Qemu-img 5.2.91 can't open vmdk, Failed to lock byte 100: Input/output error, but qemu-img 2.5 work
openstack:~/qemu-6.0.0-rc1/build$ qemu-img --version
qemu-img version 2.5.0 (Debian 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51), Copyright (c) 2004-2008 Fabrice Bellard
openstack:~/qemu-6.0.0-rc1/build$ sudo qemu-img ...
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AWS import images vhd,vmdk
I have problem with import vm images to aws.
I getting problem like this below. I checked many times roles, polices and etc. I try many images and none of them worked
{
"ImportImageTasks"...
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VBoxManage cant get vm ip address
I'm trying to get vm ip address with VBoxManage guestproperty enumerate <vm_name>
but get this result :
Name: /VirtualBox/HostInfo/GUI/LanguageID, value: en_US, timestamp: 1592898609729744000, ...
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VMWare Virtual Disk files (.vmdk) from Snapshots piling up, cannot delete without breaking VM
I'm using VMware Workstation Pro 15.5.1 with monolithic disk files (on a Win 10 host).
I worked with snapshots, but always deleted them again because they're not needed anymore.
Unfortunately, it ...
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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
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TCL script to go through all folders in a directory and perform a function
File structure
File1
test.pdb
xyz.txt
File2
test.pdb
xyz.txt
File3
test.pdb
xyz.txt
I want to loop in through all folders in the directory and run the following code which is in textfile ...
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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 ...
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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.
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Importing virtual disk on GCE
I have transformed a VMDK disk of a Ubuntu 16.04 host into a raw image using qemu-img convert. Everything seems fine, I can mount it and check its contents. I uploaded it to a GCS bucket, following ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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:\...
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how to convert vmdk image to hda.qcow2
I am trying to convert vmdk formate image to hda.qcow2 formate through this command:
qemu-img convert -f vmdk -O qcow2 server\server2016.vmdk hda.qcow2
but it show the following error
qemu-...
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1
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Proxmox 5.x vzdump-qemu.vma.gz to VMWARE or VirtualBox convert
How can I convert from Proxmox 5.x vzdump qemu virtual machine image to VMWARE or VirtualBox?
I want to run the Virtual Machine what is created in Proxmox (KVM + Qemu maybe) in VMWARE ESXi or in ...
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How do I recover lost data from a Virtualbox VM that crashed?
My VM from Virtualbox crashed when I attempted a snapshot. Unfortunately I lost some pretty important data as the VMDK was corrupted. The VM then reverted to a prior snapshot on reboot.
I luckily ...
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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 ...
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1
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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 ...
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How to create AMI from VHD in AWS S3 storage
I want to create AMI instance on EC2, where my data sitting on the AWS S3 in VHD/VMDK format.
Could you please help me in how to convert VHD/VMDK to AMI through amazon SDK APIS,
and how to transfer ...
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Create vmdk from within VBox
I have Oracle vm Virtual Box (ver 5.0.0 )virtual machine setup on Windows 7 Enterprise machine, running, and doing what I expected it to do. It is necessary to do the same setup on a few other ...
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Why we have to mention ACCESS KEY and SECURITY KEY two time when we import vmdk files to ec2
Following is the code I found in web
ec2-import-volume xxx.vmdk -f vmdk -b <S3 bucket name> -O
<ACCESS KEY> -W <SECURITY KEY> -o <ACCESS KEY> -w <SECURITY KEY>
-...
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Over Provisioned VMWare 6.0 VM Storage, VM Won't Start?
I recently updated a free licensed VMWare ESXi host to 6.0 (I do not have access to vcenter). The host has 6 datastores available, the first two of which reside on SSD's and are fairly small (I ...
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Create VM from VMDK in VMware using Ansible
I could create VM in VMware from existing VMDK from Vsphere client. But I am not able to create it using Ansible. Can anyone suggest how to create VM from existing VMDK with Ansible?
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How to make Xamarin Studio in OS X stop draining my storage space while running on virtual machine?
I have setup Vmware workstation on my Windows PC to run MAC OS in it. I am using Mac on a windows machine for xamarin.ios development. Mac OS is of 7.4 GB , XCode is 12 GB and Xamarin studio is of 1 ...
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How to create vbox file for virtualbox?
Situation:
I had centos before and everythung was working. Now when i got debian on my system, virtualbox dont let me add the existing vmdk and show me errors about mismatched UUIDs of vmdk to its ...
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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
,
even though the machine seems to have proper partitioning and volumes
.
This happens only ...
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How to move part vmdk files into a larger disk partition?
Using VMWare Workstation 10.
The vmdk files is exhaustting my "D:\" space, so i want to move part vmdk files into a larger disk partition(e.g. "C:\").
I tried to move some vmdk files into "C:\Ubuntu-...
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VBoxManage Error (VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED) while converting to RAW
I'm trying to convert VMDK obtained from AWS to RAW but VBoxManage fails and throws back to "VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED" error!
Is there any solution?
Environment:
CentOS 6.5
VBoxManage 4.3.8r92456
...
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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 : http://...
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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...