id = 2086
title = "qemu-img created VMDK files lead to \"Unsupported or invalid disk type 7\" on ESXi"
state = "opened"
created_at = "2024-01-09T17:27:09.353Z"
closed_at = "n/a"
labels = ["Storage"]
url = "https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/2086"
host-os = "Ubuntu 20.04"
host-arch = "x86"
qemu-version = "8.2.50 (v8.2.0-442-gffd454c67e)"
guest-os = "VMWare ESXi 7.0"
guest-arch = "x86"
description = """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."""
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 = """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."""