Re: [Qemu-devel] vmdk stream-optimised format

[Fam Zheng]

On Mon, 08/19 12:09, Alex Bligh wrote:
> I note some recent work on vmdk file support. Has anyone looked at
> supporting vmdk streaming format as an /output/ file format (I
> think we currently support it as an input format). This is what
> you need to use to upload a VM to vCenter. Currently the route
> is convert to raw then use:
> 
>  https://github.com/imcleod/VMDK-stream-converter
> 
> which is some Python from Ian McLeod <address@hidden>
> Life would be easier if qemu-img supported this directly.
> It does not look fantastically difficult.
> 
> -- 
> Alex Bligh
> 

Yes, that would be something possible to do. Is it the only format to
upload a VM to vCenter now, shouldn't normal VMDK be supported as well?

Thanks,

Fam