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Supported Disk Format Types

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

Abiquo identifies the disk formats by their URIs as given in the following table. These URIs were found in OVF files exported in these formats. However, over time vendors may change their reference information and URIs. Therefore customers who wish to import OVF files should check that their file formats will be correctly identified by Abiquo.

Disk formatURITechnical ReferenceDescription

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

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
DOCKER_IMAGE https://docs.docker.com/terms/image/  Docker image
ISOhttp://iso ISO format

Abiquo will record UNKNOWN as the format for disks that are not in one of the above formats.

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titleChange base format and formats offered

You can configure the list of formats offered and the base format using Abiquo Configuration Properties. See Abiquo Configuration Properties#pluginmetadata


FormatAWSESX/ESXiHyper-VKVMOracle VMXenServerDocker

RAW

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VMDK_FLAT

 

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VMDK_SPARSE

 

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VMDK_STREAM_OPTIMIZED (tick)     

VHD_FLAT

 

 

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VHD_SPARSE

 

 

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VHDX_FLAT  

(tick) Deploy VHDX templates
(error) No conversions TO or
FROM VHDX
(error) No persistent VHDX templates

    
VHDX _SPARSE  

(tick) Deploy VHDX templates
 (error)   No conversions TO or
FROM VHDX
 (error) No persistent VHDX templates

    

VDI_FLAT

 

 

 

  

 

 

VDI_SPARSE

 

 

 

  

 

 

QCOW2_FLAT

 

 

 

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QCOW2_SPARSE

 

 

 

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AMI

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(error) no conversions

     

 

DOCKER_IMAGE      (tick)
(error) no conversions
ISO (tick)(tick)(tick) (tick) 


Hypervisor default format and conversions

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For each hypervisor, the administrator can override the available formats and the default format using properties. See Abiquo Configuration Properties#pluginmetadata 

See also Datacenter Appliance Library Conceptslibrary concepts .

Raw format for persistent VMs

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