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Re: [rhelv5-list] Xen migrate from multiple vmdk files

Scott Dodson

2008-05-01

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On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 16:39 -0400, FM wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I read some articles about migrating vmdk file to a xen compatible file
> format.
> My prob is that some VM are multiple small 2GB files.
> Is there a way to migrate multiple vmdk files to 1 file ?

You need to use the vmware-vdiskmanager in server or workstation to
convert them to a 'flattened' disk.

There's an example of vmware-vdiskmanager at
http://ian.blenke.com/vmware/vmdk/xen/hvm/qemu/vmware_to_xen_hvm.html

In ESX I believe you may do this with vmkfstools.

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Scott Dodson <sdodson@(protected)>
Red Hat Global Support Services

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