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| | 3 | = How to convert VMDK to Xen image = |
| | 4 | |
| | 5 | == STEP 1: convert VMDK to RAW image == |
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| | 7 | === Method 1: use vmware-vdiskmanager command === |
| | 8 | |
| | 9 | * If you installed vmware server edition, there should be a command named '''vmware-vdiskmanager'''. You can use '''vmware-vdiskmanager''' to convert several vmdk image into one vmdk image and raw image. |
| | 10 | {{{ |
| | 11 | VMware Virtual Disk Manager - build 44356. |
| | 12 | Usage: vmware-vdiskmanager OPTIONS diskName |
| | 13 | Offline disk manipulation utility |
| | 14 | Options: |
| | 15 | -c : create disk; need to specify other create options |
| | 16 | -d : defragment the specified virtual disk |
| | 17 | -n <source-disk> : rename the specified virtual disk; need to |
| | 18 | specify destination disk-name |
| | 19 | -q : do not log messages |
| | 20 | -r <source-disk> : convert the specified disk; need to specify |
| | 21 | destination disk-type |
| | 22 | -x <new-capacity> : expand the disk to the specified capacity |
| | 23 | |
| | 24 | Additional options for create and convert: |
| | 25 | -a <adapter> : (for use with -c only) adapter type (ide, buslogic or lsilogic) |
| | 26 | -s <size> : capacity of the virtual disk |
| | 27 | -t <disk-type> : disk type id |
| | 28 | |
| | 29 | Disk types: |
| | 30 | 0 : single growable virtual disk |
| | 31 | 1 : growable virtual disk split in 2Gb files |
| | 32 | 2 : preallocated virtual disk |
| | 33 | 3 : preallocated virtual disk split in 2Gb files |
| | 34 | |
| | 35 | The capacity can be specified in sectors, Kb, Mb or Gb. |
| | 36 | The acceptable ranges: |
| | 37 | ide adapter : [100.0Mb, 950.0Gb] |
| | 38 | scsi adapter: [100.0Mb, 950.0Gb] |
| | 39 | ex 1: vmware-vdiskmanager -c -s 850Mb -a ide -t 0 myIdeDisk.vmdk |
| | 40 | ex 2: vmware-vdiskmanager -d myDisk.vmdk |
| | 41 | ex 3: vmware-vdiskmanager -r sourceDisk.vmdk -t 0 destinationDisk.vmdk |
| | 42 | ex 4: vmware-vdiskmanager -x 36Gb myDisk.vmdk |
| | 43 | ex 5: vmware-vdiskmanager -n sourceName.vmdk destinationName.vmdk |
| | 44 | |
| | 45 | }}} |
