2016-09-19 16:46:17 +01:00
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# qemu-img
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> Tool for Quick Emulator Virtual HDD image creation and manipulation.
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2021-08-13 16:16:35 +01:00
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> More information: <https://qemu.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tools/qemu-img.html>.
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2016-09-19 16:46:17 +01:00
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- Create disk image with a specific size (in gigabytes):
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2019-10-06 13:07:46 +01:00
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`qemu-img create {{image_name.img}} {{gigabytes}}G`
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2016-09-19 16:46:17 +01:00
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- Show information about a disk image:
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`qemu-img info {{image_name.img}}`
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- Increase or decrease image size:
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2019-10-06 13:07:46 +01:00
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`qemu-img resize {{image_name.img}} {{gigabytes}}G`
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2016-09-19 16:46:17 +01:00
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- Dump the allocation state of every sector of the specified disk image:
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`qemu-img map {{image_name.img}}`
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2019-10-05 11:39:24 +01:00
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2021-05-20 21:13:41 +01:00
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- Convert a VMware .vmdk disk image to a KVM .qcow2 disk image:
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2019-10-05 11:39:24 +01:00
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2020-10-28 17:19:43 +00:00
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`qemu-img convert -O qcow2 {{path/to/file/foo.vmdk}} {{path/to/file/foo.qcow2}}`
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