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+id = 2532
+title = "empty vmdk disk created by qemu-img cann't import to vmware ESXi or Workstation"
+state = "opened"
+created_at = "2024-08-23T06:23:37.918Z"
+closed_at = "n/a"
+labels = ["Storage"]
+url = "https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/2532"
+host-os = "- OS/kernel version:"
+host-arch = "x86"
+qemu-version = "`"
+guest-os = "- OS/kernel version:"
+guest-arch = "## Description of problem"
+description = """qemu-img create empty vmdk file, and can't import to vmware workstation or ESXi. the ovftool
+ fail.  the log:
+
+> ```
+> 2024-08-23T11:19:32.335+08:00 verbose OVFTool[4088548] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Opening disk target empty-disk2.vmdk
+> 2024-08-23T11:19:32.335+08:00 error OVFTool[4088548] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Error on read, error: -1
+> 2024-08-23T11:19:32.336+08:00 verbose OVFTool[4088187] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Exception thrown: N5boost16exception_detail10clone_implINS_17unknown_exceptionEEE(std::exception)
+> 2024-08-23T11:19:32.337+08:00 verbose OVFTool[4088187] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Backtrace: 
+> --> [backtrace begin] product: VMware Workstation, version: e.x.p, build: build-15722219, tag: OVFTool, cpu: x86_64, os: linux, buildType: release
+> --> backtrace[00] libvmacore.so[0x003DD716]
+> --> backtrace[01] libvmacore.so[0x001CF8DF]: Vmacore::System::Stacktrace::CaptureWork(unsigned int)
+> --> backtrace[02] libvmacore.so[0x001B6EA9]: Vmacore::System::SystemFactory::CreateQuickBacktrace(Vmacore::Ref<Vmacore::System::Backtrace>&)
+> --> backtrace[03] libvmacore.so[0x0016CF2E]: Vmacore::Throwable::Throwable(std::string&&)
+> --> backtrace[04] ovftool.bin[0x001C1F38]
+> --> backtrace[05] ovftool.bin[0x002008D5]
+> --> backtrace[06] ovftool.bin[0x00129EF0]
+> --> backtrace[07] libc.so.6[0x00044E50]
+> --> backtrace[08] libc.so.6[0x00044EFC]
+> --> backtrace[09] ovftool.bin[0x00132D21]
+> --> [backtrace end]
+> ```
+
+the log file:
+[test.log](/uploads/174db2ace468bd9f0ec3ab14de524217/test.log)"""
+reproduce = """1. create empty vmdk file
+
+./qemu-img create -f vmdk -o adapter_type=lsilogic,subformat=streamOptimized empty.vmdk 1G
+
+2. add empty file info  to  ovf file
+<File ovf:href="empty.vmdk" ovf:id="file2"/>
+
+3. import it to vmware workstation"""
+additional = """If i write some data to empty vmdk file, it can import successfully.  The reson: qemu only write metadata for empty vmdk file, but the ovftool need read more data and it cann't read more.
+we can write one sector zero data after the metadata, ovftool work well. 
+I submitted the patch:
+https://patchew.org/QEMU/20240822105237.777-1-luzhipeng@cestc.cn/"""