Csupload produces unknown error ("unsupported virtual size")

Question

Hi,
Using a trial account I tried to upload a Linux vhd file (approx. 10 GB) to a container (vhds) that I assume is being created on the fly (?):
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows Azure\.NET SDK\2012-06\bin>csupload Add-PersistentVMImage -Destination "https://coutinho.blob.core.windows.net/vhds/test.vhd" -LiteralPath C:\Users\kvandenberg\Documents\test.vhd -Label Test -OS Linux"
The upload seems to complete ok, but then:
"Registering the image 'test.vhd' with repository.
The VHD https://coutinho.blob.core.windows.net/vhds/test.vhd has an unsupported virtual size of 10191437824 bytes.  The size must be a whole number (in MBs)."
What's the problem? I didn't find mention of  this error anywhere.

Answer 1

Thanks for your answer, which suggests a very straightforward solution :). I'm not running Hyper-V and used the freeware StarWind Converter to perform a vmdk-to-vhd conversion. This tool doesn't allow to set the file size of the vhd,
so I found and used vmToolkit's Vhd Resizer to resize the vhd to 9720 MB.
Just started to upload. Had to use the -Overwrite option, since csupload reports the presence of the image that failed to register.