vGateway images extensions
.qcow2 - KVM type Virtual Machines
.vmdk - VMware and VirtualBox and ESXi
.vdi - VirtualBox
.vhdx - Microsoft Hyper-V
.vhd - Azure requires fixed size
Example commands Convert qcow2 to other formats
Convert for VirtualBox (.vdi)
qemu-img convert -O vdi ubuntu.qcow2 ubuntu.vdi
Convert qcow2 to vmdk and make it VMware Workstation Player Compatible
qemu-img convert -f qcow2 -O vmdk ubuntu.qcow2 ubuntu.vmdk
Convert qcow2 to vmdk and make it ESXi Compatible (doesn't work with VMware Workstation Player)
qemu-img convert -f qcow2 -O vmdk -o subformat=streamOptimized ubuntu.qcow2 ubuntu.vmdk
Covert for ESXi 6 - Create a VMDK version 6 image (instead of version 4) (doesn't work with VMware Workstation Player)
qemu-img convert -f qcow2 -O vmdk -o adapter_type=lsilogic,subformat=streamOptimized,compat6 ubuntu.qcow2 ubuntu.vmdk
Convert qcow2 to Microsoft Hyper-V new vhdx format
qemu-img convert -f qcow2 -O vhdx -o subformat=dynamic ubuntu.qcow2 ubuntu.vhdx
For Azure (VHD images on Azure must have a virtual size aligned to 1 MB.)
# requires qemu 2.6+
qemu-img convert -o subformat=fixed,force_size -O vpc MyLinuxVM.qcow2 MyLinuxVM.vhd
Example convert.sh script
root@aws1-cm-01:~/temp# cat convert.sh
#! /bin/bash
echo " vGateway Name: "
read vgwname
echo " provide link:"
read link
curl $link > ${vgwname} .qcow2
echo " Converting..."
qemu-img convert \
-f qcow2 \
-O vmdk \
-o subformat=streamOptimized \
${vgwname} .qcow2 ${vgwname} .vmdk