Error to Import VMDK to PVE9

vaysala507

vaysala507

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Hello people, first time happy new year 2026, now i tray to migrate vm from vmware 6.5, i download with winscp vmdk of VM host in Vmware 6.5, and upload to PVE9 with same Winscp, run command

qm importdisk vm-id backup-name.vmdk disk-name --format raw

but send error

root@pverarisa:/mnt/pve/wdex4100/import# qm importdisk 200 prod1g5_1-flat.vmdk s sdstorage --format raw
importing disk 'prod1g5_1-flat.vmdk' to VM 200 ...
transferred 0.0 B of 350.0 GiB (0.00%)
qemu-img: Could not open 'prod1g5_1-flat.vmdk': invalid VMDK image descriptor
copy failed: command '/usr/bin/qemu-img convert -p -n -t none -f vmdk -O raw pro d1g5_1-flat.vmdk zeroinit:/dev/zvol/ssdstorage/vm-200-disk-0' failed: exit code

also i tray to make from web and also to send error

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say vmdk invalid,

any have idea whats happend?
 
send this info

root@pvepapisa:/mnt/pve/wdex4100/temp# qemu-img info Prod1g5_1.vmdk
image: Prod1g5_1.vmdk
file format: vmdk
virtual size: 350 GiB (375809638400 bytes)
disk size: 300 GiB
Format specific information:
cid: 2573034198
parent cid: 4294967295
create type: vmfs
extents:
[0]:
virtual size: 375809638400
filename: Prod1g5_1-flat.vmdk
format: VMFS
Child node '/extents.0':
filename: Prod1g5_1-flat.vmdk
protocol type: file
file length: 350 GiB (375809638400 bytes)
disk size: 300 GiB
Child node '/file':
filename: Prod1g5_1.vmdk
protocol type: file
file length: 1 KiB (1024 bytes)
disk size: 4 KiB
 
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