received some more information on bnc#862165 by mjura - many thx

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SUSE-Cloud · Feb 5, 2014 · f7530d1 · f7530d1
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@@ -400,14 +400,24 @@
       <varlistentry>
        <term>&vmware;</term>
        <listitem>
-        <para>
-         Appliance format: <literal>VMware/VirtualBox/KVM (.vmdk)</literal>
-        </para>
-        <para>
-         All images must be flat (that means contained within one file).
-         Both thick and thin provisioned <filename>.vmdk</filename> images
-         are supported.
+        <para> Appliance format: <literal>VMware/VirtualBox/KVM (.vmdk)</literal>
         </para>
+        <!--taroth 2014-02-05: fix for https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862165#c3,
+        as discussed with mjura-->
+        <para> If you are using &susestudio; or &suseonsite; to build images, the resulting
+         image will be a monolithic <literal>sparse</literal> file.</para>
+        <note>
+         <title>Image Conversion</title>
+         <para>Sparse images can be uploaded to &ostack; &img;. However, it is recommended
+          to convert sparse image into a different format before uploading them to &ostack;
+          &img; (because starting VMs from sparse images may take longer).</para>
+         <para>For a list of supported image types, refer to <ulink
+           url="http://docs.openstack.org/havana/config-reference/content/vmware.html"/>, section
+           <citetitle>Supported image types</citetitle>.</para>
+         <para>For details on how to convert a sparse image into different formats, refer to <ulink
+           url="http://docs.openstack.org/havana/config-reference/content/vmware.html"/>, section
+           <citetitle>Optimize images</citetitle>. </para>
+        </note>
        </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>
@@ -748,10 +758,18 @@
       <listitem>
        <para>For &vmware;:</para>
 <screen>glance&nbsp;image-update&nbsp;<replaceable>IMAGE_ID_OR_NAME</replaceable>&nbsp;\
-
   --property&nbsp;vmware_adaptertype="lsiLogic" \
-  --property vmware_disktype="sparse" \
+  --property vmware_disktype="preallocated" \
   --property hypervisor_type=vmware</screen>
+       <!--taroth 2014-02-05: fix for https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862165#c3,
+        as discussed with mjura-->
+       <note>
+        <title>Value of <literal>vmware_disktype</literal></title>
+        <para>Depending on which disk type you use, adjust the value of
+          <literal>vmware_disktype</literal> accordingly. For an overview which values to use, refer
+         to <ulink url="http://docs.openstack.org/havana/config-reference/content/vmware.html"/>,
+          <citetitle>Table 2.23. &ostack; Image Service disk type settings</citetitle>.</para>
+       </note>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
        <para>For &hyper;:</para>