It is not true that all streamOptimized VMDKs have a footer. Files created with qemu-img in that subformat do not have one. If you can provide an example VMDK that does, I can take a look at it, but the VMDK spec is very light on details about how that might even work and whether or not there can be another descriptor block beyond it.
It is not true that all streamOptimized VMDKs have a footer. Files created with qemu-img in that subformat do not have one. If you can provide an example VMDK that does, I can take a look at it, but the VMDK spec is very light on details about how that might even work and whether or not there can be another descriptor block beyond it.