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* <code>[[qemu-img create]]</code>
 
* <code>[[qemu-img create]]</code>
** <code>qemu-img create -f [[qcow2]] MY_IMAGE_NAME.img</code>
 
** <code>qemu-img create -f raw MY_IMAGE_NAME.img</code>
 
** <code>qemu-img create -f qcow2 -o preallocation=metadata,compat=1.1,lazy_refcounts=on MY_IMAGE_NAME.img</code>
 
:::<code>lazy_refcounts=on</code> Reference count updates are postponed with the goal of avoiding metadata I/O and improving performance. Particularly interesting with cache=writethrough.
 
  
 
* Create a snapshot: <code> qemu-img create -f qcow2 -o backing_file=original snapshot.qcow</code><ref>http://libguestfs.org/virt-sysprep.1.html#copying-and-cloning</ref>
 
* Create a snapshot: <code> qemu-img create -f qcow2 -o backing_file=original snapshot.qcow</code><ref>http://libguestfs.org/virt-sysprep.1.html#copying-and-cloning</ref>

Revision as of 12:24, 5 February 2020

qemu-img[1] allows you to create, convert and modify images offline, It can handle all image formats supported by QEMU.



  • Create a snapshot: qemu-img create -f qcow2 -o backing_file=original snapshot.qcow[3]
  • qemu-img snapshot (See also: lvcreate --snapshot for LVM snapshots)


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