Bug ID | 1117324 |
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Summary | virt-manager unable to create a sparse (dynamically allocated) qcow2 image |
Classification | openSUSE |
Product | openSUSE Tumbleweed |
Version | Current |
Hardware | x86-64 |
OS | openSUSE Factory |
Status | NEW |
Severity | Normal |
Priority | P5 - None |
Component | Virtualization:Tools |
Assignee | virt-bugs@suse.de |
Reporter | thehejik@suse.com |
QA Contact | qa-bugs@suse.de |
Found By | --- |
Blocker | --- |
On my TW I'm using latest virt-manager-2.0.0-1.1. In the past when I've created
a new VM the space for qcow2 image was allocated dynamically.
But nowadays virt-manager is creating a non-sparse qcow2 images by default so
it allocates lot of space on my rootfs.
As a workaround one can convert existing non-sparse image into sparse by
executing:
> qemu-img convert -O qcow2 original.qcow2 original_sparse.qcow2
And then switch the used disk image to the new one by "virsh edit" and editing
//devices/disk/source[@file="original_sparse.qcow2"]
How can we switch back to the default sparse qcow2 image creation method?