[Qemu-block] VMDK file unable to open in Qemu but ESXi

[Peter Lieven]

Hi,


i have a VMDK file for a Cisco Prime software appliance that I cannot open in 
Qemu, Virtualbox or any other tool except

for ESXi. Qemu exits with an invalid footer message. At the expected position 
and also at the end of the file seems to be

no footer. The VMDK has a -flex in the filename? Is this anything new that we 
can't handle in Qemu?


This here is the relevant part of the OVF description:


  <References>
        <File ovf:href="PI-VA-3.1.0.0.132-flex-disk1.vmdk" ovf:id="file1" 
ovf:size="3792931840" />
  </References>

  <DiskSection>
        <Info>Virtual disk information</Info>
        <Disk ovf:capacity="300" ovf:capacityAllocationUnits="byte * 2^30" 
ovf:diskId="vmdisk1" ovf:fileRef="file1"
ovf:format="http://www.vmware.com/interfaces/specifications/vmdk.html#streamOptimized"; 
ovf:populatedSize="8525510083"/>
        <Disk ovf:capacity="300" ovf:capacityAllocationUnits="byte * 2^30" 
ovf:diskId="vmdisk-expp"
ovf:format="http://www.vmware.com/interfaces/specifications/vmdk.html#streamOptimized"; 
ovf:populatedSize="8525510083"/>
        <Disk ovf:capacity="600" ovf:capacityAllocationUnits="byte * 2^30" 
ovf:diskId="vmdisk-std"
ovf:format="http://www.vmware.com/interfaces/specifications/vmdk.html#streamOptimized"; 
ovf:populatedSize="8525510083"/>
        <Disk ovf:capacity="900" ovf:capacityAllocationUnits="byte * 2^30" 
ovf:diskId="vmdisk-pro"
ovf:format="http://www.vmware.com/interfaces/specifications/vmdk.html#streamOptimized"; 
ovf:populatedSize="8525510083"/>
  </DiskSection>


Thanks,

Peter