VMDK not working as expected after importing

[avinash2632]

I have been trying to import an instance from aws to google cloud. I have been following the steps from the link 

https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/import/import-existing-image#create_image_file

When i try to import using the command as below

gcloud compute images create cp --source-uri gs://examplebucket/disk.vmdk

it gives me error like in the screenshot.

i have tried many solutions like

changed some entries in the grub file, and also I have tried generating the new intramfs file but it still doesnt help. The instance which i am trying to export is a rocky 8.9 machine. If anyone has any ideas or came to this same situation please do help me out. 

[alexmoore]

This will be tricky to diagnose on a forum like this.  But some thoughts.

Can you share the steps/commands you used to generate the VMDK? Have you tried mounting that VMDK on any other platform?

There is a tool you can use to check compatibility of the image that you might want to run on the source, see: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/import/importing-virtual-disks#precheck

Finally - you can import EC2 instances directly using Migrate to Virtual Machines tool, see: https://cloud.google.com/migrate/virtual-machines/docs/5.0/migrate/create-an-aws-source

Just some thoughts.