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Can a FOG back up be converted into a .VMDK file and spun up as a VM?

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    Steve.Owen
    last edited by Feb 21, 2018, 11:44 AM

    I am currently converting Acronis .TIB files into .VMDK file so they can be spun up as VM’s. Can the same be done with a FOG back up? If so what is the process and what file format are the FOG back-ups?

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      Sebastian Roth Moderator
      last edited by Feb 21, 2018, 12:53 PM

      @Steve-Owen Depending on the image settings the files are compressed (gzip, zstd) partclone or partimage files…

      Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

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        Steve.Owen
        last edited by Feb 22, 2018, 2:22 PM

        Thanks for the reply Sebastian, do you know if gzip or zstd can be converted into vmdk?

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          Sebastian Roth Moderator
          last edited by Sebastian Roth Feb 22, 2018, 11:30 AM Feb 22, 2018, 5:29 PM

          @Steve-Owen I’d think this forum post should be of much help to you as it explains how to convert/extract files from FOG backups. After you extracted the whole image (big file!) you need to convert that raw image to vmdk which can be done using qemu-img or VBoxManage tools: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/454899/how-to-convert-flat-raw-disk-image-to-vmdk-for-virtualbox-or-vmplayer

          Be aware that you need a lot of disk space for the conversion steps. I wonder if it more appropriate to deploy the FOG image to a VM and using that VMDK.

          Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

          Please support FOG if you like it: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Support_FOG

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            Steve.Owen
            last edited by Feb 27, 2018, 4:55 PM

            Ok thanks for all the help Sebastian 🙂

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