qemu-img created VMDK files lead to "Unsupported or invalid disk type 7" on ESXi Description of problem: Trying to start the VM using vmdk converted with qemu-img fails with Failed to start the virtual machine. Module DevicePowerOn power on failed. Unable to create virtual SCSI device for scsi0:1, '/vmfs/volumes/5cca0155-bdddf31d-2714-00215acbeb1e/AppD-VM01/AppDdisk1-VM01.vmdk' Failed to open disk scsi0:1: Unsupported or invalid disk type 7. Ensure that the disk has been imported. Steps to reproduce: 1. Convert booting OS (in both Qemu and VMWare with the help of drivers) to vmdk 2. Push vmdk file to ESXi datastore 3. Try to boot ![image](/uploads/68bea874d75b1a8f6ad7f89f28feb176/image.png) Additional information: ESXi seem to use a specific implementation of vmdk, with a *name*.vmdk file being the descriptor of the virtual disk and a *name*-flat.vmdk.