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On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 10:57:43AM -0500, libvirt_users@skagitattic.com wrote: > Thanks for all the information, I think my last remaining question is > why the image created with virt-install shows the full apparent size > and the image from virt-sparsify does not? (The image testimage1.qcow2 > created with default options). I don't really know w...

On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 10:20:54AM -0500, libvirt_users@skagitattic.com wrote: > Hello, > > I am curious why when using virt-sparsify the apparent-size of the file > gets reduced to the actual file size? Is there a way to get the > apparent-size left as the full size? > > In the man page for virt-sparsify it has a section on > "IMPO...

On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 10:20:54AM -0500, libvirt_users@skagitattic.com wrote: > Hello, > > I am curious why when using virt-sparsify the apparent-size of the file > gets reduced to the actual file size? Is there a way to get the > apparent-size left as the full size? > > In the man page for virt-sparsify it has a section on > "IMPO...

On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 12:40:40AM -0500, libvirt_users@skagitattic.com wrote: > So you are saying when I do the virt-sparsify its converting the image > from raw to [qcow2]? No. virt-sparsify will use the same input and output formats, unless you use the --convert option. > I studied the man page for virt-sparsify and tried again with > the flag &qu...

On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 05:56:09PM -0500, libvirt_users@skagitattic.com wrote: > > Delete what you've done and start from the beginning. Describe > > exactly how you created the guest. Use 'qemu-img info' to show the > > format of the input file. Show precisely the virt-sparsify command > > you are running. And use 'qemu-...

Hello, I am curious why when using virt-sparsify the apparent-size of the file gets reduced to the actual file size? Is there a way to get the apparent-size left as the full size? In the man page for virt-sparsify it has a section on "IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT SPARSE OUTPUT IMAGES" and its output seems to indicate what I would expect where "ls -lh" shows the full apparent size

Hello, I am curious why when using virt-sparsify the apparent-size of the file gets reduced to the actual file size? Is there a way to get the apparent-size left as the full size? In the man page for virt-sparsify it has a section on "IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT SPARSE OUTPUT IMAGES" and its output seems to indicate what I would expect where "ls -lh" shows the full apparent size

...aw? From some reading online it appears performance is better with raw files. Is there a downside to using raw? Thanks! Keelan On Fri, 17 Jun 2016 09:11:04 +0100 "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@redhat.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 10:20:54AM -0500, > libvirt_users@skagitattic.com wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am curious why when using virt-sparsify the apparent-size of the > > file gets reduced to the actual file size? Is there a way to get > > the apparent-size left as the full size? > > > > In the man page for virt-sparsify...

...t it's not raw, it's qcow2. That makes sense, I won't try and tell it the input is raw anymore when its not. Keelan On Thu, 23 Jun 2016 08:52:35 +0100 "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@redhat.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 05:56:09PM -0500, > libvirt_users@skagitattic.com wrote: > > > Delete what you've done and start from the beginning. Describe > > > exactly how you created the guest. Use 'qemu-img info' to show > > > the format of the input file. Show precisely the virt-sparsify > > > command you are running....

...22 22:48 backup-test2.qcow2 Though perhaps if I actually tried to add them and boot it up something would not work? Keelan On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 09:58:29 +0100 "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@redhat.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 12:40:40AM -0500, > libvirt_users@skagitattic.com wrote: > > So you are saying when I do the virt-sparsify its converting the > > image from raw to [qcow2]? > > No. virt-sparsify will use the same input and output formats, unless > you use the --convert option. > > > I studied the man page for virt-sparsify a...