Error converting vmdk disk to raw

Adrian Rocha

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Jan 29, 2016, 7:37:58 PM1/29/16

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Hi people,

I'm trying to convert a virtualbox disk to Xen raw format, but I'm having an error:

[user@dom0 ~]$ qemu-img-xen convert -O raw RI_IP2-disk1.vmdk RI_IP2-disk1.raw

qemu-img: error while writing

[user@dom0 ~]$ qemu-img-xen convert -f vmdk -O raw RI_IP2-disk1.vmdk RI_IP2-disk1.raw

qemu-img: error while writing

ll

-rw-r--r-- 1 user user 31739346944 ene 29 18:28 RI_IP2-disk1.raw

-rw-rw-r-- 1 user user 31739346944 ene 29 18:27 RI_IP2-disk1.vmdk

The process fails selecting other formats too:

[user@dom0 ~]$ qemu-img-xen convert -f vmdk -O qcow2 RI_IP2-disk1.vmdk RI_IP2-disk1.raw

qemu-img: error while writing

I have enough space in the file system to write the file

Any ideas about this issue?

Regards

Keld Norman

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Apr 22, 2016, 1:45:28 PM4/22/16

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I have the same problem :(

did you manage to solve the problem ?

/Keld

Den lørdag den 30. januar 2016 kl. 01.37.58 UTC+1 skrev Adrian Rocha:

Hi people,

I'm trying to convert a virtualbox disk to Xen raw format, but I'm having an error:

[user@dom0 ~]$ qemu-img-xen convert -O raw RI_IP2-disk1.vmdk RI_IP2-disk1.raw

qemu-img: error whiI le writing

[user@dom0 ~]$ qemu-img-xen convert -f vmdk -O raw RI_IP2-disk1.vmdk RI_IP2-disk1.raw
qemu-img: error while writing

ll
-rw-r--r-- 1 user user 31739346944 ene 29 18:28 RI_IP2-disk1.raw
-rw-rw-r-- 1 user user 31739346944 ene 29 18:27 RI_IP2-disk1.vmdk

The process fails selecting other formats too:

[user@dom0 ~]$ qemu-img-xen convert -f vmdk -O qcow2 RI_IP2-disk1.vmdk RI_IP2-disk1.raw
qemu-img: error while writing

Adrian Rocha

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Apr 23, 2016, 2:21:57 AM4/23/16

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Hi Keld,

El viernes, 22 de abril de 2016, 11:45:28 (UTC-6), Keld Norman escribió:

I have the same problem :(

did you manage to solve the problem ?

Sorry, I didn't found a solution

Best Regards

TheGrandQubes

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Apr 27, 2016, 7:39:18 AM4/27/16

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How do you know there is enough space?

If the vmdk file is 30 GB, but the disk is configured as a 250GB disk in VirtualBox/VMWare, you need at least 250GB of free space to do the conversion.

Could this be the case for you?

After I did the conversion, the rwa file "size" was 250GB and the "size on disk" 30 GB!

justinr...@gmail.com

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Oct 13, 2016, 4:55:11 PM10/13/16

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I'm having same issue, I know there is enough space because df -h shows 198G available and qemu-img-xen info image.vmdk shows that the virtual disk size is 8G

johny...@sigaint.org

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Oct 14, 2016, 12:36:01 PM10/14/16

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> I'm having same issue, I know there is enough space because df -h shows
> 198G available and qemu-img-xen info image.vmdk shows that the virtual
> disk size is 8G

I've had cases with the qemu tools where it reported a write error because
it had trouble reading one of the input files (corrupted, I think it was,
or maybe a usage error).

Put a "strace -o /tmp/log.txt" before your command, and go look at the
system calls that resulted in it giving that error message. You might see
a read error, or more specifics on the nature of the write failure.

JJ

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pleo...@gmail.com

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Oct 14, 2016, 12:57:43 PM10/14/16

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https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Migration_from_VMware

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