On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 06:06:32AM -0000, Jake Mikelson wrote:
> Public bug reported:
> 
> Using qemu-img version 3.1.50 (v3.1.0-13607-geb2db0f7ba-dirty) on a
> Windows 10 machine.
> 
> Converting a VHD to VMDK.
> qemu-img.exe convert "c:\test\AppD-VM01.vhd" -O vmdk -o adapter_type=buslogic -p "c:\test\AppD-VM01.vmdk"
> 
> I have also tried:
> qemu-img.exe convert "c:\test\AppD-VM01.vhd" -O vmdk -o adapter_type=buslogic,hwversion=6 -p "c:\test\AppD-VM01.vmdk"
> 
> Attaching the VMDK to a VM in VMware produces the following error when
> powering on.
> 
> Power On virtual machine:Failed to open disk scsi0:1: Unsupported or invalid disk type 7. Ensure that the disk has been imported.
> Target: MyVM1
> vCenter Server: VCENTER
> Error Stack
> An error was received from the ESX host while powering on VM MyVM1.
> Failed to start the virtual machine.
> Module DevicePowerOn power on failed. 
> Unable to create virtual SCSI device for scsi0:1, '/vmfs/volumes/5cca0155-bdddf31d-2714-00215acbeb1e/AppD-VM01/AppDdisk1-VM01.vmdk' 
> Failed to open disk scsi0:1: Unsupported or invalid disk type 7. Ensure that the disk has been imported.
> 
> 
> If I do not specify the adapter type, it creates an IDE VMDK which works perfectly.
> 
> ** Affects: qemu
>      Importance: Undecided
>          Status: New
> 
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1828508

Which version of VMware are you running?

Stefan