Question
Uploading A Cloud-enabled 3rd Party Custom Image from SolarWinds
- Posted on June 25, 2019
- Custom Images
Asked by doktor1360
Purchased & received a .ZIP file containing image.MF, image.OVF & image.VMDK files from SolarWinds; it’s a threat monitor collector (for the Cloud). These files are sized 241 bytes, 8K and 992MB uncompressed respectively. The digital ocean documentation for custom images clearly states that a .VMDK is a valid type, and the size of the image is certainly less than the maximum upload size of 100GB.
I’ve attempted to upload the .VMDK 2-3 times, each time failing with the message that the file exceeds the 100GB limit which it obviously is not. I’m at a loss, as this shouldn’t be an issue and work as advertised. I have no idea what may or may not be taking place.
Am I missing something here?
Any help or constructive criticism is greatly encouraged and welcomed. Thanx so much in advance for any/all assistance in the matter.
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The 100 GB limit for custom images applies to the virtual disk inside the image as well as the file size. For example, this vmdk file is only 5.7G:
$ ls -lah debian-9.7.vmdk
-rwx------ 1 asb lxd 5.7G Jan 26 19:32 debian-9.7.vmdk
while its filesystem is 500G:
$ qemu-img info debian-9.7.vmdk
image: debian-9.7.vmdk
file format: vmdk
virtual size: 500G (536870912000 bytes)
disk size: 5.7G
cluster_size: 65536
Format specific information:
cid: 3514556920
parent cid: 4294967295
create type: monolithicSparse
extents:
[0]:
virtual size: 536870912000
filename: debian-9.7.vmdk
cluster size: 65536
format:
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