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

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Hypervisor compatibility table

The following table shows the different formats supported by the hypervisors. The hypervisor default format (also called the base format) for each hypervisor is marked with a  . 

If you upload a template in a format not supported by your hypervisor to the Appliance Library Catalogue view, Abiquo will convert it to the most suitable format.The hypervisor default format (also called the base format ) for each your hypervisor is marked with a  . 

You can To configure the list of formats offered and the base format using Abiquo Configuration Properties. See Abiquo configuration properties#pluginmetadata, in your abiquo.properties set the properties for plugin metadata. To find these properties, search for .pluginmetadata. on the Abiquo configuration properties page.

Format	AWS	ESX/ESXi	Hyper-V	KVM	Proxmox
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

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

If there is a disk in the base format, Abiquo will choose to deploy this disk, and not a disk in another format.

Abiquo converts disks from other hypervisor formats into the base format. For example, if you upload a VHD template and you have ESXi hypervisors, Abiquo will convert it into VMDK fixed format.

Abiquo will not convert templates that are in other compatible formats for the same hypervisor. For example, if you upload a VMDK Sparse template for ESXi, then Abiquo will deploy the template as a VM with a sparse disk. However, if you somehow have both a sparse and a fixed format for the same disk, Abiquo will deploy the fixed format disk with thin provisioning enabled.

Abiquo will convert an Abiquo instance disk to hypervisor base format, but the administrator can control this conversion with properties. See Abiquo configuration properties#instanceproperties and search for .instance.

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

See also Catalogue concepts#Virtual-to-Virtual Conversion.

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 storagehttps://abiquo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/doc/pages/311371369/Catalogue+view#Catalogue-concepts about Virtual-to-virtual conversion (V2V)

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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 template

• VM storage

• How to work with ISO disks