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received some more information on bnc#862165 by mjura - many thx
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<term>&vmware;</term>
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Appliance format: <literal>VMware/VirtualBox/KVM (.vmdk)</literal>
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All images must be flat (that means contained within one file).
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Both thick and thin provisioned <filename>.vmdk</filename> images
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are supported.
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<para> Appliance format: <literal>VMware/VirtualBox/KVM (.vmdk)</literal>
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<!--taroth 2014-02-05: fix for https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862165#c3,
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as discussed with mjura-->
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<para> If you are using &susestudio; or &suseonsite; to build images, the resulting
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image will be a monolithic <literal>sparse</literal> file.</para>
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<note>
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<title>Image Conversion</title>
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<para>Sparse images can be uploaded to &ostack; &img;. However, it is recommended
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to convert sparse image into a different format before uploading them to &ostack;
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&img; (because starting VMs from sparse images may take longer).</para>
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<para>For a list of supported image types, refer to <ulink
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url="http://docs.openstack.org/havana/config-reference/content/vmware.html"/>, section
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<citetitle>Supported image types</citetitle>.</para>
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<para>For details on how to convert a sparse image into different formats, refer to <ulink
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url="http://docs.openstack.org/havana/config-reference/content/vmware.html"/>, section
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<citetitle>Optimize images</citetitle>. </para>
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</note>
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<para>For &vmware;:</para>
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<screen>glance&nbsp;image-update&nbsp;<replaceable>IMAGE_ID_OR_NAME</replaceable>&nbsp;\
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--property&nbsp;vmware_adaptertype="lsiLogic" \
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--property vmware_disktype="sparse" \
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--property vmware_disktype="preallocated" \
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--property hypervisor_type=vmware</screen>
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<!--taroth 2014-02-05: fix for https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862165#c3,
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as discussed with mjura-->
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<note>
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<title>Value of <literal>vmware_disktype</literal></title>
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<para>Depending on which disk type you use, adjust the value of
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<literal>vmware_disktype</literal> accordingly. For an overview which values to use, refer
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to <ulink url="http://docs.openstack.org/havana/config-reference/content/vmware.html"/>,
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<citetitle>Table 2.23. &ostack; Image Service disk type settings</citetitle>.</para>
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</note>
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<para>For &hyper;:</para>

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