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[Tracy Jones <tjones@xxxxxxxxxx>]

based on previous comments i am closing as not fix

** Changed in: nova
       Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix

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Title:
  VMware: vmdk converted via qemu-img may not boot as SCSI disk

Status in OpenStack Compute (Nova):
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  When converting disk images from other formats to vmdk using qemu-img,
  the vmdk disk produced is always a monolithic sparse disk with an
  adapter type of "ide" and disk geometry to match. Depending on the
  partitioning scheme of the guest OS, such a disk, even after being
  converted to a format compatible for ESX use, will still often be
  unbootable if attached to the virtual SCSI controller instead of the
  IDE controller.

  This behavior currently leads to a hard requirement that the
  vmware_adaptertype=ide image property be set when the vmdk is uploaded
  to glance. Failure to set this property, a step often overlooked by
  the user, will often lead to guest boot failure that is hard to track
  down. In some cases, vmdk disks uploaded to glance even lacks the DDB
  metadata that indicates the adaptertype of the disk, which complicates
  serviceability further.

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