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Hi Dan,

Thank you very much for your reply.
?
We tested again and it still does not work, can you give more 
information about how the vmdk's were created?
?I.e the tool used to create the debian and trend vmdk's listed here
https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/NovaVMware/DeveloperGuide#Glance_Initial_Setup
?
Using qemu-img convert to convert a qcow2 or raw image to vmdk doesn't 
seem to work, for example, by using??
qemu-img convert -f qcow2 -O vmdk <input-file.qcow2> <output-file.vmdk>
??The command always converts to a vmdk which is of adapter type 'ide' 
other than lsilogic.?

We modified the adapter type to lsilogic and uploading it to glance by 
using,

glance image-create --name=<name> --disk-format=vmdk 
--container-format=bare --is-public=true --property 
vmware_adaptertype=lsiLogic --property vmware_disktype=thin --property 
vmware_ostype=ubuntu64Guest < output-file.vmdk
or
glance image-create --name=<name> --disk-format=vmdk 
--container-format=bare --is-public=true --property 
vmware_adaptertype=lsiLogic  --property vmware-disktype="preallocated" 
--property vmware_disktype=thin --property vmware_ostype=ubuntu64Guest < 
output-file.vmdk

doesn't seem to work. Even after tying the steps 
under https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/NovaVMware/DeveloperGuide#Appendix??

It seems the patch to convert into a scsi disk, has not been merged 
yet: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/545089
?
Thanks in advance!

Best regards,

Jason


On 9/12/13 12:48 PM, Dan Wendlandt wrote:
> Hi Jason,
>
> The best place to look is the official openstack compute documentation 
> that covers vSphere in Nova: 
> http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/openstack-compute/admin/content/vmware.html
>
> In particular, check out the section titled "Images with VMware 
> vSphere" (pasted below).  As that text suggests, the most likely issue 
> with your VMDK not booting is that you may have passed the wrong 
> vmware_adaptertype to glance when creating the image.  Also note the 
> statement indicating that all VMDK images must be "flat" (i.e., single 
> file), otherwise Glance will be confused.
>
> Dan
>
>
>       Images with VMware vSphere
>
> When using either VMware driver, images should be uploaded to the 
> OpenStack Image Service in the VMDK format. Both thick and thin images 
> are currently supported and all images must be flat (i.e. contained 
> within 1 file). For example
>
> To load a thick image with a SCSI adaptor:
>
> $ glance image-create name="ubuntu-thick-scsi" disk_format=vmdk container_format=bare \
> is_public=true --property vmware_adaptertype="lsiLogic" \
> --property vmware_disktype="preallocated" \
> --property vmware_ostype="ubuntu64Guest" < ubuntuLTS-flat.vmdk
>
> To load a thin image with an IDE adaptor:
>
> $ glance image-create name="unbuntu-thin-ide" disk_format=vmdk container_format=bare \
> is_public=true --property vmware_adaptertype="ide" \
> --property vmware_disktype="thin" \
> --property vmware_ostype="ubuntu64Guest" < unbuntuLTS-thin-flat.vmdk
>
> The complete list of supported vmware disk properties is documented in 
> the Image Management section. It's critical that the adaptertype is 
> correct; In fact, the image will not boot with the incorrect 
> adaptertype. If you have the meta-data VMDK file the the 
> ddb.adapterType property specifies the adaptertype. The default 
> adaptertype is "lsilogic" which is SCSI.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 11:29 AM, Jason Zhang <bearovercloud at gmail.com 
> <mailto:bearovercloud at gmail.com>>wrote:
>
>
>     Hi Dears,
>
>     In the
>     documenthttps://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/NovaVMware/DeveloperGuide
>     <https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/NovaVMware/DeveloperGuide>under
>     the'Get an initial VMDK to work with',
>     its said, 'There are a lot of "gotchas" around what VMDK disks
>     work with OpenStack + vSphere,'.
>     The appendix section lists one of the gotchas. Are there any more
>     gotchas?
>
>     During our testing, the vmdk instance on boot-up gives a
>     'Operating System not found' error,
>     I am not sure whether this is a already known issue or not.
>
>     Thanks in advance!
>
>     Best regards,
>
>     Jason
>
>
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