govc add support for conversion - Thick <-> Thin

[kofec]

Hi, Is it possible to add optional parameter responsible for format of disk - probably to function datastore.cp Now we have: datastore.cp [OPTIONS] SRC DST and datastore.disk.create - Options:

  -a=lsiLogic            Disk adapter
  -d=thin                Disk format

So we need to adopt options from datastore.disk.create to datastore.cp It looks like both function use VirtualDiskSpe https://pubs.vmware.com/vi-sdk/visdk250/ReferenceGuide/vim.VirtualDiskManager.VirtualDiskSpec.html https://pubs.vmware.com/vi-sdk/visdk250/ReferenceGuide/vim.VirtualDiskManager.html#createVirtualDisk https://pubs.vmware.com/vi-sdk/visdk250/ReferenceGuide/vim.VirtualDiskManager.html#copyVirtualDisk

Now I'm using perl implementation: vmkfstools --server {vihost} -i \"{source_file}\" \"{destination_file}\" -d thin -a lsilogic --vihost {vihost}" https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/5.5/com.vmware.vsphere.storage.doc/GUID-A5D85C33-A510-4A3E-8FC7-93E6BA0A048F.html

Or maybe some knows how convert disk(2GB data on 100G disk provision) in qcow format(2GB size file) to vmdk( still 2GB size file) - don't want to send 100GB over the network. Import/Upload to datastore and attach disk to Virtual Machine (just replace disk with this new one) on vSphere.

[kofec]

@dougm Regarding your commit https://github.com/vmware/govmomi/commit/d622f149a43481972c674fd8280006de49077d7c#diff-00dcddb30db9dda4f7a547cc1323a7ee

You mentioned that: "- Remove the recently added datastore.disk.cp; the spec param is only valid for ESX" I would like to use this param connection to:

./govc about
Name:         VMware vCenter Server
Vendor:       VMware, Inc.
Version:      6.7.0
Build:        14792544
OS type:      linux-x64
API type:     VirtualCenter
API version:  6.7.3
Product ID:   vpx

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[HeroCC]

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[bzed]

Any news on this issue?