http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1117324 Bug ID: 1117324 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? -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.