Error opening file (2) [123]

[jcatalucci]

I receive this error when I try to convert a VMDK created in VMware Workstation 10. It keeps wanting to put an extra path name in front of the filename. For instance, if the file is drive D root (D:\), when you select the VMDK (i.e. - Windows Server 2008 R2 x64-cl1.vmdk), the error shows that it is trying to open it at D:\E:\My Virtual Machines\Windows Server 2008 R2 x64\Windows Server 2008 R2 x64-000010.vmdk. I have attached a screenshot.

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[Al (staff)]

Hello Jcatalucci,

It could be an issue with your actual drive (drive is corrupted, used at the moment, it is opening header from a splitted disk etc.). I have just sent you link to download our V2VHearderTool. Could you please send to support@starwind.com header which you will get with this tool?

Thanks!

[yaroslav (staff)]

Just realized that there was no news on this problem.
The issue is related to a missing VMDK descriptor file. See the screenshots below. The solution can be converting the file right from ESXi, copying the descriptor in, or recreating a file and copying it with the descriptor.