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To retrieve the information about Supported Disk Format Types from the Abiquo API, use the requests of the DiskFormatTypes Resource

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disk format types

Abiquo supports the disk format types given in this table for OVF import or OVA import.

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Disk format	URI	Technical Reference	Description
RAW	http://raw/		Device disk format
VMDK_STREAM_OPTIMIZED	http://www.vmware.com/technical-resources/interfaces/vmdk_access.html#streamOptimized	vmdk_50_technote.pdf see Stream-Optimized p11	VMware stream optimized format
VMDK_FLAT	http://www.vmware.com/technical-resources/interfaces/vmdk_access.html#monolithic_flat	vmdk_50_technote.pdf see Simple Extents p5	VMware fixed disk
VMDK_SPARSE	http://www.vmware.com/technical-resources/interfaces/vmdk_access.html#monolithic_sparse	vmdk_50_technote.pdf see Hosted Sparse Extents p6 / ESXi Host Sparse Extents on p9	VMware sparse disk
VHD_FLAT	http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualserver/bb676673.aspx#monolithic_flat	VHD specification Word file see Fixed Hard Disk Image p3	VHD fixed disk
VHD_SPARSE	http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualserver/bb676673.aspx#monolithic_sparse	VHD specification Word file see Dynamic Hard Disk Image p3	VHD sparse disk
VHDX_FLAT	http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831446.aspx#monolithic_flat		VHDX fixed disk
VHDX_SPARSE	http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831446.aspx#monolithic_sparse		VHDX sparse disk
VDI_FLAT	http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=8046#monolithic_flat		VDI fixed disk
VDI_SPARSE	http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=8046#monolithic_sparse		VDI sparse disk
QCOW2_FLAT	http://people.gnome.org/~markmc/qcow-image-format.html#monolithic_flat		QCOW2 fixed disk
QCOW2_SPARSE	http://people.gnome.org/~markmc/qcow-image-format.html#monolithic_sparse		QCOW2 sparse disk
AMI	http://amiprotocol.sourceforge.net/ami-specif.html#1.9.2.user.xml		AMI
ISO	http://iso		ISO format

Abiquo will record UNKNOWN as the format for disks that are not in one of the above formats and the user will not be able to deploy VMs from these disks.

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Hypervisor

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compatibility table

The following table shows the different formats supported by the hypervisors. If you upload a template in a format not supported by your hypervisor to the Appliance Library view, Abiquo will convert it to the most suitable format.

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Format	AWS	Hyper-V
RAW
VMDK_FLAT
VMDK_SPARSE
VMDK_STREAM_OPTIMIZED
VHD_FLAT
VHD_SPARSE
VHDX_FLAT		Deploy VHDX templates No conversions TO or FROM VHDX No persistent VHDX templates
VHDX _SPARSE		Deploy VHDX templates No conversions TO or FROM VHDX No persistent VHDX templates
VDI_FLAT
VDI_SPARSE
QCOW2_FLAT
QCOW2_SPARSE
AMI	no conversions
ISO

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Hypervisor default format and conversions

In the above table, the hypervisor default format (also called the base format) for each hypervisor is marked with a . This is the preferred deployment format for this hypervisor, and if there is a disk in the base format, Abiquo will deploy this disk.

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Raw format for persistent VMs

The Disk from device or raw format is used for persistent VM templates. Before creating a persistent VM template, Abiquo converts the template's disks to raw format and then dumps them to a volume on the selected storage

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Note about ISO disks

Abiquo supports ISO disks, which may be bootable installation disks (added to templates) or data disks (added to VMs). See:

Create template: Upload an ISO disk from the local filesystem
Modify a VM Templatetemplate
VM storage

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