id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,component,version,resolution,keywords,cc,guest,host 3113,VBoxManage clonehd fails to convert .vmdk to .vdi,klobad,,"{{{ $ VBoxManage -nologo createhd -filename ""test.vmdk"" -size 1024 -format VMDK Disk image created. UUID: 99baf1e5-b2b3-48d3-883d-005cd293a709 $ VBoxManage -nologo showhdinfo test.vmdk UUID: 99baf1e5-b2b3-48d3-883d-005cd293a709 Accessible: yes Logical size: 1024 MBytes Current size on disk: 0 MBytes Type: normal Storage format: VMDK Location: /Users/dk/Library/VirtualBox/HardDisks/test.vmdk $ VBoxManage -nologo clonehd test.vmdk test.vdi -format VDI 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100% Clone hard disk created in format 'VDI'. UUID: edda756b-d27f-41b3-baca-7be5e35ac7b7 $ VBoxManage -nologo showhdinfo test.vdi [!] FAILED calling a->virtualBox->OpenHardDisk2(filepath, hardDisk.asOutParam()) at line 766! [!] Primary RC = VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR (0x80BB0005) - Runtime subsystem error [!] Full error info present: true , basic error info present: true [!] Result Code = VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR (0x80BB0005) - Runtime subsystem error [!] Text = Could not get the storage format of the hard disk '/Users/dk/Library/VirtualBox/HardDisks/test.vdi' (VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED) [!] Component = HardDisk2, Interface: IHardDisk2, {ed6e2525-c2fd-42a4-917a-7a9045ac9e15} [!] Callee = IVirtualBox, {339abca2-f47a-4302-87f5-7bc324e6bbde} Cloning from vmdk to vmdk seems ok: $ VBoxManage -nologo clonehd test.vmdk test2.vmdk -format VMDK 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100% Clone hard disk created in format 'VMDK'. UUID: 2a348479-408a-4b84-be8e-e98a99b50b79 $ VBoxManage -nologo showhdinfo test2.vmdk UUID: 2a348479-408a-4b84-be8e-e98a99b50b79 Accessible: yes Logical size: 1024 MBytes Current size on disk: 0 MBytes Type: normal Storage format: VMDK Location: /Users/dk/Library/VirtualBox/HardDisks/test2.vmdk }}}",defect,closed,virtual disk,VirtualBox 2.1.2,fixed,,,other,other