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2016 Jun 22
3
Re: [libvirt-users] virt-sparsify changing the apparent-size of files
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 "--format raw"
2016 Jun 23
2
Re: [libvirt-users] virt-sparsify changing the apparent-size of files
...Format specific information:
> compat: 1.1
> lazy refcounts: false
virt-sparsify saved about 1.3 GB of disk space (2.4G -> 1.1G).
> If we try it again but specify raw its MUCH faster
>
> root@testingbox: 09:26 PM # virt-sparsify testimage.qcow2
> testimage2.qcow2 --tmp /bigtmp --format raw
This is incorrect usage. You've told virt-sparsify that the input
image is raw. But it's not raw, it's qcow2.
In any case, virt-sparsify opened the image as raw, couldn't make any
sense of it (it appears to virt-sparsify to be random data, not a...
2016 Jun 22
0
Re: [libvirt-users] virt-sparsify changing the apparent-size of files
...rmat: qcow2
virtual size: 50G (53687091200 bytes)
disk size: 1.1G
cluster_size: 65536
Format specific information:
compat: 1.1
lazy refcounts: false
If we try it again but specify raw its MUCH faster
root@testingbox: 09:26 PM # virt-sparsify testimage.qcow2
testimage2.qcow2 --tmp /bigtmp --format raw Input disk virtual size
= 53687091200 bytes (50.0G) Create overlay file in /bigtmp to
protect source disk ... Examine source disk ...
Copy to destination and make sparse ...
Sparsify operation completed with no errors. Before deleting the
old d...
2016 Jun 23
0
Re: [libvirt-users] virt-sparsify changing the apparent-size of files
...compat: 1.1
> > lazy refcounts: false
>
> virt-sparsify saved about 1.3 GB of disk space (2.4G -> 1.1G).
>
> > If we try it again but specify raw its MUCH faster
> >
> > root@testingbox: 09:26 PM # virt-sparsify testimage.qcow2
> > testimage2.qcow2 --tmp /bigtmp --format raw
>
> This is incorrect usage. You've told virt-sparsify that the input
> image is raw. But it's not raw, it's qcow2.
>
> In any case, virt-sparsify opened the image as raw, couldn't make any
> sense of it (it appears to virt-sp...