Specifications

Administration Guide
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Otherwise,!if!you!do!not!add!the!new!geometry!information!to!the!configuration!file,!
when!you!power!on!the!virtual!machine,!a!message!appears!stating!Error loading
operating system.!To!power!on!the!virtual!machine,!add!the!new!option!to!the!
configuration!file,!as!discussed!above.
Path Name Failures When Importing GSX Server Virtual Machines
Plain!disks!used!with!virtual!machines!created!in!GSX!Server!might!contain!disk!file!
names!that!ESX!Server!cannot!translate.!Versions!2.5!and!earlier!of!GSX!Server!used!
absolute!path!names!to!identify!disk!files!when!creating!plain!disks.!Not!all!plain!disks!
created!with!earlier!versions!of!GSX!Server!contain
!path!names!preventing!ESX!Server!
from!importing!them.!If!you!try!to!import!a!plain!disk!with!vmkfstools!and!ESX!
Server!appears,!check!the!path!name!in!the!plain!disk:
DiskLib_Open() failed. No such file or directory (131591)
Open!the!plain!disk!descriptor!(.pln)!file!and!locate!the!path!name!to!the!disk!file.!If!
the!path!name!refers!outside!the!directory!containing!the!descriptor!file,!you!must!
change!it.!
For!example,!if!the!path!name!is:
C:\user\vmware\VMs\W2KServSP3\Win2KSv1.dat
ESX!Server!cannot!translate!the!GSX!Server!path!name!to!locate!the!plain!disk!data!
(.dat)!file.
Repair!the!plain!disk!by!locating!the!data!file!in!the!same!directory!as!the!descriptor!file!
and!changing!the!path!name!to!refer!to!the!data!file!directly.!In!this!example,!edit!
the!
descriptor!file!to!remove!the!absolute!path!from!the!file!name!and!save!the!file:
Win2KSv1.dat
If!you!import!the!plain!file:
$ vmkfstools -i Win2KSv1.pln vmhba0:0:2:Win2KSv1.vmdk
the!command!locates!Win2KSv1.dat!in!the!same!directory!and!imports!it!into!the!
specified!ESX!Server!virtual!disk!file.
Importing a GSX Server or Workstation Virtual Machine
This!section!describes!how!to!import!virtual!machines!that!have!been!created!in!GSX!
Server!or!Workstation!into!ESX!server.
NOTE This!problem!applies!only!to!plain!disks.!Virtual!and!raw!disks!created!in!GSX!Server!
should!import!correctly!using!vmkfstools.