Dear VMware users,
As the subject says:
I want to convert a vmdk in a single growable file WITHOUT using the Windows environment. I did used the Windows application(it comes with VMware workstation) vmware-vdiskmanager to convert a vmdk file(xxx-flat.vmdk, xxx.vmdk.) in a single file. This worked fine with the following command:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware-vdiskmanager" -r Windows8.vmdk -t 0 Windows8-ve.vmdk
Now i want to do it straight in the ESXi environment(i assume this goes via the console), but i do get it to work properly. I tried the following:
I downloaded the 1023856-vdiskmanager-linux.7.0.1.zip from VMware KB: Repairing a virtual disk in Fusion 3.1 and Workstation 7.1.
I ran the program on my ESXi(5.5) console and it works, now i want to convert the vmdk using the following command:
/vmfs/volumes/xx/tools # ./1023856-vmware-vdiskmanager-linux.7.0.1 -r /vmfs/volumes/xx/CentOS/CentOS.vmdk -t 0 /vmfs/volumes/xx/CentOSclone/testvm.vmdk
It outputs the following error:
SSLGetModulePath: readlink failed: No such file or directory
SSLLoadSharedLibrary: Failed to load library libssl.so.0.9.8:./libdir/lib/libssl.so.0.9.8/libssl.so.0.9.8: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Core dump limit is 0 KB.
Child process 5017154 failed to dump core (status 0x6).
VMware Workstation Error:
VMware Workstation unrecoverable error: (app)
SSLLoadSharedLibrary: Failed to load library libssl.so.0.9.8:./libdir/lib/libssl.so.0.9.8/libssl.so.0.9.8: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
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How is it possible that everything works in the Microsoft environment but not in the ESXi environment. And another thing: i want to send the converted vmdk file to a remote Linux Server. If i understand correctly this is possible with the same vdiskmanager, right?
Options for remote disks:
-h <hostname> : hostname of remote server
-u <username> : username for remote server
-f <filename> : file containing password
-P <port> : optional TCP port number (default: 902)
-S : specifies that the source disk is remote, by default
the remote options are assumed to refer to the
destination.
Help is appreciated.
Best Regards, Rens