New VMDK error VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED

[Virtual Bob]

Created a new VMDK disk because I needed the split2g variant:

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VBoxManage createhd --filename /opt/vbox/myvm/mydisk.vmdk --size 40960 --format vmdk --variant split2g

Attach it to a vm and start it up.

Get this Error:

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VBoxManage: error: Could not get the storage format of the medium '/opt/vbox/myvm/mydisk-s001.vmdk' (VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED)
VBoxManage: error: Details: code VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR (0x80bb0005), component Medium, interface IMedium, callee nsISupports
VBoxManage: error: Context: "OpenMedium(Bstr(pszFilenameOrUuid).raw(), enmDevType, enmAccessMode, fForceNewUuidOnOpen, pMedium.asOutParam())" at line 178 of file VBoxManageDisk.cpp

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<StorageController name="SATA" type="AHCI" PortCount="4" useHostIOCache="false" Bootable="true" IDE0MasterEmulationPort="0" IDE0SlaveEmulationPort="1" IDE1MasterEmulationPort="2" IDE1SlaveEmulationPort="3">
<HardDisk uuid="{...}" location="mydisk.vmdk" format="VMDK" type="Normal"/>

This is under:
CentOS Linux release 7.0.1406 (Core)
kernel-3.10.0-123.20.1.el7.x86_64
VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.22_98236_el7-1.x86_64

Any thought on a how to work towards a resolution?

[Virtual Bob]

Verified that this issue still occurs under VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.26_98988_el7-1.x86_64

[klaus]

You're doing the wrong thing. You have to point VirtualBox to mydisk.vmdk only. No need to touch each and every chunk separately.