Re: [Xen-users] Converting a VMDK on ESX to raw

[Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 07:25:37PM +0000, Manoj Subramaniam (manojsub) wrote:
> Iâm trying to convert a vmdk windows image to a raw image compatible with 
> xen. I have tried qemu-img and vmkfstools so far, but have had no luck I.e, 
> DomU says it canât find the boot disk and fails. I am going to  try out 
> Redhatâs virt-v2v. Is there a tool you guys use?
> 

A dumb method I can think of is you create a Linux guest on ESX, mount
attach that disk and use dd. It should be doable if you only want to
convert one or two disks.

Wei.

> - Manoj

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