Comments on: VM Import: “Unsupported and/or invalid disk type 7″ errors…. http://www.vspecialist.co.uk/vm-import-unsupported-andor-invalid-disk-type-7-errors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vm-import-unsupported-andor-invalid-disk-type-7-errors Thu, 16 May 2013 15:13:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: MarioTunes http://www.vspecialist.co.uk/vm-import-unsupported-andor-invalid-disk-type-7-errors/comment-page-1/#comment-3761 MarioTunes Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:52:00 +0000 http://www.vspecialist.co.uk/?p=2285#comment-3761 Hello, What is the correct settings for P2V (to USB), to avoid this error ?
Thank you

]]> By: nimbus http://www.vspecialist.co.uk/vm-import-unsupported-andor-invalid-disk-type-7-errors/comment-page-1/#comment-3754 nimbus Fri, 01 Mar 2013 04:57:00 +0000 http://www.vspecialist.co.uk/?p=2285#comment-3754 THanks a lot -

]]> By: Michael Poore http://www.vspecialist.co.uk/vm-import-unsupported-andor-invalid-disk-type-7-errors/comment-page-1/#comment-3665 Michael Poore Sun, 17 Feb 2013 20:04:00 +0000 http://www.vspecialist.co.uk/?p=2285#comment-3665 Zeroedthick converts the VMDK file to a thick provisioned (i.e full sized) file and fills the empty space with zeros.

]]> By: max http://www.vspecialist.co.uk/vm-import-unsupported-andor-invalid-disk-type-7-errors/comment-page-1/#comment-3661 max Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:27:00 +0000 http://www.vspecialist.co.uk/?p=2285#comment-3661 Thanks a lot – Great solution!!

But what exactly -d zeroedthick does??

]]> By: Fernando Taibo http://www.vspecialist.co.uk/vm-import-unsupported-andor-invalid-disk-type-7-errors/comment-page-1/#comment-3457 Fernando Taibo Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:45:00 +0000 http://www.vspecialist.co.uk/?p=2285#comment-3457 i love U !!

]]> By: Galas http://www.vspecialist.co.uk/vm-import-unsupported-andor-invalid-disk-type-7-errors/comment-page-1/#comment-3374 Galas Fri, 23 Nov 2012 03:28:00 +0000 http://www.vspecialist.co.uk/?p=2285#comment-3374 Dude, thanks!! you saved me a lot of time.

]]> By: jeremyjbowman http://www.vspecialist.co.uk/vm-import-unsupported-andor-invalid-disk-type-7-errors/comment-page-1/#comment-3272 jeremyjbowman Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:56:00 +0000 http://www.vspecialist.co.uk/?p=2285#comment-3272 Hi Mirc,
You can use VMware Converter – if you have it available. Personally, if the VM is already in residence on the LUN then I find that using vmkfstools and the command line is usually much quicker from an administrative perspective when restoring a service.
Cheers.
Jeremy.

]]> By: Mirč http://www.vspecialist.co.uk/vm-import-unsupported-andor-invalid-disk-type-7-errors/comment-page-1/#comment-3269 Mirč Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:12:00 +0000 http://www.vspecialist.co.uk/?p=2285#comment-3269 And why not use vmware converter ?

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