If you get an error about VMDK Version not compatible to qemu-img follow those steps:
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wget http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/q/qemu/qemu-utils_2.0.0+dfsg-4~bpo70+1_amd64.deb mkdir utils dpkg -x qemu-utils_2.0.0+dfsg-4~bpo70+1_amd64.deb utils/ cd utils/bin/ qemu-img convert -O raw </path/to/file.vmdk> file.raw |
Source: http://forum.proxmox.com/threads/18240-qemu-img-not-working-correctly-with-vmdk-file-(since-PVE3-2)