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2011-08-29qemu-img: Require larger zero areas for sparse handlingKevin Wolf
By default, require 4k of consecutive zero bytes for qemu-img to make the output file sparse by not issuing a write request for the zeroed parts. Add an -S option to allow users to tune this setting. This helps to avoid situations where a lot of zero sectors and data sectors are mixed and qemu-img tended to issue many tiny 512 byte writes. Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
2011-07-20Add missing documentation for qemu-img -pJes Sorensen
Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
2011-07-05qemu-img: Add cache command line optionFederico Simoncelli
qemu-img currently writes disk images using writeback and filling up the cache buffers which are then flushed by the kernel preventing other processes from accessing the storage. This is particularly bad in cluster environments where time-based algorithms might be in place and accessing the storage within certain timeouts is critical. This patch adds the option to choose a cache method when writing disk images. Signed-off-by: Federico Simoncelli <fsimonce@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
2011-04-07qemu-img: Initial progress printing supportJes Sorensen
This adds the basic infrastructure for supporting progress output on the command line, as well as progress support for qemu-img commands 'rebase' and 'convert'. Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
2010-10-22Copy snapshots out of QCOW2 diskedison
In order to backup snapshots, created from QCOW2 iamge, we want to copy snapshots out of QCOW2 disk to a seperate storage. The following patch adds a new option in "qemu-img": qemu-img convert -f qcow2 -O qcow2 -s snapshot_name src_img bck_img. Right now, it only supports to copy the full snapshot, delta snapshot is on the way. Changes from V1: all the comments from Kevin are addressed: Add read-only checking Fix coding style Change the name from bdrv_snapshot_load to bdrv_snapshot_load_tmp Signed-off-by: Disheng Su <edison@cloud.com> Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
2010-07-13qemu-img: Fix copy+paste bug in documentationStefan Weil
Replace rebase by resize in documentation of resize command. Cc: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Stefan Weil <weil@mail.berlios.de> Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
2010-05-22Fix TEXI section mark imbalance in qemu-img-cmd.hxJan Kiszka
Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> Signed-off-by: Blue Swirl <blauwirbel@gmail.com>
2010-05-03qemu-img: Add 'resize' command to grow/shrink disk imagesStefan Hajnoczi
This patch adds a 'resize' command to grow/shrink disk images. This allows changing the size of disk images without copying to a new image file. Currently only raw files support resize. Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
2010-03-14qemu-img rebase: Document -f optionKevin Wolf
The option was implemented in e53dbee0, but I forgot documenting it. Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
2010-01-13qemu-img rebaseKevin Wolf
This adds a rebase subcommand to qemu-img which allows to change the backing file of an image. In default mode, both the current and the new backing file need to exist, and after the rebase, the COW image is guaranteed to have the same guest visible content as before. To achieve this, old and new backing file are compared and, if necessary, data is copied from the old backing file into the COW image. With -u an unsafe mode is enabled that doesn't require the backing files to exist. It merely changes the backing file reference in the COW image. This is useful for renaming or moving the backing file. The user is responsible to make sure that the new backing file has no changes compared to the old one, or corruption may occur. Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
2009-11-09Documentation: Don't mention old qemu-img optionsKevin Wolf
The old options are still supported for compatibility, but they are inconsistent (for example create -b vs. convert -B for backing files) and incomplete (-F only exists for create) which tends to confuse people. Remove all references to the old options from the documentation to guide users to the more consistent -o options. Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
2009-06-07Use hxtool for qemu-img command listStuart Brady
Use hxtool to generate the 'command syntax' section of qemu-img's help message, and the corresponding section of the texinfo documentation. This has the side-effect of adding 'check' to this list of commands in the texinfo documentation. Signed-off-by: Stuart Brady <stuart.brady@gmail.com>