Hello, Can you explain how you do this procedure? I have the same problem with the large images and snapshots.
This is what I do: # qemu-img convert -f qcow2 -O raw image.qcow2 image.img # openstack image create image.img But the image.img is too large. Thanks, Fran. 2016-07-13 8:29 GMT+02:00 Kees Meijs <k...@nefos.nl>: > Sorry, should have posted this to the list. > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: Re: [ceph-users] (no subject) > Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 08:30:49 +0200 > From: Kees Meijs <k...@nefos.nl> <k...@nefos.nl> > To: Gaurav Goyal <er.gauravgo...@gmail.com> <er.gauravgo...@gmail.com> > > Hi Gaurav, > > It might seem a little far fetched, but I'd use the qemu-img(1) tool to > convert the qcow2 image file to a Ceph backed volume. > > First of all, create a volume of appropriate size in Cinder. The volume > will be sparse. Then, figure out the identifier and use rados(8) to find > the exact name of the volume in Ceph. > > Finally, use qemu-img(1) and point to the volume you just found out about. > > Cheers, > Kees > > On 11-07-16 18:07, Gaurav Goyal wrote: > > Thanks! > > > > I need to create a VM having qcow2 image file as 6.7 GB but raw image > > as 600GB which is too big. > > Is there a way that i need not to convert qcow2 file to raw and it > > works well with rbd? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > ceph-users mailing list > ceph-users@lists.ceph.com > http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com > >
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