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Overview Steps
To create a virtual machine disk descriptor file:
- Identify the size of the flat file in bytes.
- Create a new blank virtual disk that is the same size as the original. This serves as a baseline example that is modified in later steps.
Note: This step is critical to assure proper disk geometry. - Rename the descriptor file (also referred to as a header file) of the newly-created disk to match the name of the original virtual disk.
- Modify the contents of the renamed descriptor file to reference the flat file.
- Remove the leftover temporary flat file of the newly-created disk, as it is not required.
Note: This procedure will not work on virtual disks configured with a Para-virtualized SCSI controller in the virtual machine.
You can see video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tQmZOavolPY
You can see video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tQmZOavolPY