disk import

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    How to know whether a disk format is supported or not?

    I was trying to import a VMDK disk into my Proxmox (8.3) cluster using qm disk import --format vmdk and then i got the following error: format 'vmdk' is not supported by the target storage - using 'raw' instead How do I know which disk formats does my target storage supports? And how to make it...
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    `import-from` directive ignores `format=qcow2` and creates `raw` image

    I am using `import-from` when create a VM or changing the assigned disk, and the imported disk images are always `raw`, wasting lots of space for templates. Using `qm set <vmid> --scsi0 "<storage>,import-from=<image>,format=qcow2"` creates a `raw` image, and ignores the `qcow2` format request...