On Sun, 12/18 20:52, Christopher Pereira wrote: > Hi, > > We are doing a "qemu-img convert" operation (qcow2, with compression) to > shorten the backing-chain (in the middle of the backing-chain). > In order to force qemu to reopen files, we do a save and restore operation. > Is there a faster way to reopen image files using virsh or qemu?
No, don't use qemu-img when the image is in use by QEMU. You want to use "block-commit" command provided by QMP. Fam
