Richard W.M. Jones
2022-Sep-23 12:06 UTC
[Libguestfs] can not get the virt-sparsify code in libguestfs ?
On Fri, Sep 23, 2022 at 11:37:01AM +0000, Li, Feng F wrote:> We download the guestfs-tools from below git and compile a local version . > > But when we did the test , please see below: > > 1. In the Windows the Drive D:\ , the real disk usage is about 19.9-17.7 > 2.2G. > > [cid] > > > > 2. Shutdown VM , then we use virt-sparsify on the qcow2 image, but the size is > still same as before 6.54G. > > It is expected the qcow2 is resized to 2.2G , right ? > > Any reason for why the disk size is not returned to host ?Difficult to say. What is the complete output from virt-sparsify -v -x .... ? Rich.> > > [cid] > > > > > > Thanks a lot ! > > lifeng > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones at redhat.com> > Sent: 2022?9?22? 21:00 > To: Li, Feng F <feng.f.li at intel.com> > Cc: libguestfs at redhat.com > Subject: Re: can not get the virt-sparsify code in libguestfs ? > > > > On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 11:48:17AM +0000, Li, Feng F wrote: > > > 2) https://libguestfs.org/virt-sparsify.1.html > > > > > > we downloaded the libguestfs (1.48-stable) library ,but after the > > > configure and make, we did not found the virt-sparsify source code and > > > binary file, would you please help see where to get the virt-sparsify > > > source code for debug ? > > > > virt-sparsify and some other tools were recently moved into a new > > repository: > > > > https://github.com/rwmjones/guestfs-tools > > > > Most Linux distros already ship these tools. You shouldn't really need to > compile it all from source yourself (although of course it is possible and you > are welcome to try). > > > > Rich. > > > > -- > > Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones > Read my programming and virtualization blog: http://rwmj.wordpress.com virt-p2v > converts physical machines to virtual machines. Boot with a live CD or over > the network (PXE) and turn machines into KVM guests. > > http://libguestfs.org/virt-v2v > > >-- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones Read my programming and virtualization blog: http://rwmj.wordpress.com nbdkit - Flexible, fast NBD server with plugins https://gitlab.com/nbdkit/nbdkit
Li, Feng F
2022-Sep-23 14:03 UTC
[Libguestfs] can not get the virt-sparsify code in libguestfs ?
The log output from command " ./virt-sparsify --inplace -v -x /home/intel/imgStore/POS_DATA.qcow2" -----Original Message----- From: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones at redhat.com> Sent: 2022?9?23? 20:07 To: Li, Feng F <feng.f.li at intel.com> Cc: libguestfs at redhat.com Subject: Re: can not get the virt-sparsify code in libguestfs ? On Fri, Sep 23, 2022 at 11:37:01AM +0000, Li, Feng F wrote:> We download the guestfs-tools from below git and compile a local version . > > But when we did the test , please see below: > > 1. In the Windows the Drive D:\ , the real disk usage is about 19.9-17.7 > 2.2G. > > [cid] > > > > 2. Shutdown VM , then we use virt-sparsify on the qcow2 image, but the size is > still same as before 6.54G. > > It is expected the qcow2 is resized to 2.2G , right ? > > Any reason for why the disk size is not returned to host ?Difficult to say. What is the complete output from virt-sparsify -v -x .... ? Rich.> > > [cid] > > > > > > Thanks a lot ! > > lifeng > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones at redhat.com> > Sent: 2022?9?22? 21:00 > To: Li, Feng F <feng.f.li at intel.com> > Cc: libguestfs at redhat.com > Subject: Re: can not get the virt-sparsify code in libguestfs ? > > > > On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 11:48:17AM +0000, Li, Feng F wrote: > > > 2) https://libguestfs.org/virt-sparsify.1.html > > > > > > we downloaded the libguestfs (1.48-stable) library ,but after the > > > configure and make, we did not found the virt-sparsify source code > > and > > > binary file, would you please help see where to get the > > virt-sparsify > > > source code for debug ? > > > > virt-sparsify and some other tools were recently moved into a new > > repository: > > > > https://github.com/rwmjones/guestfs-tools > > > > Most Linux distros already ship these tools. You shouldn't really > need to compile it all from source yourself (although of course it is > possible and you are welcome to try). > > > > Rich. > > > > -- > > Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat > http://people.redhat.com/~rjones Read my programming and > virtualization blog: http://rwmj.wordpress.com virt-p2v converts > physical machines to virtual machines. Boot with a live CD or over the network (PXE) and turn machines into KVM guests. > > http://libguestfs.org/virt-v2v > > >-- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones Read my programming and virtualization blog: http://rwmj.wordpress.com nbdkit - Flexible, fast NBD server with plugins https://gitlab.com/nbdkit/nbdkit -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: sparsify.log Type: application/octet-stream Size: 61842 bytes Desc: sparsify.log URL: <http://listman.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/attachments/20220923/c9039c34/attachment-0001.obj>