Re: [libvirt-users] virt-sparsify changing the apparent-size of files

2016-06-22 Thread libvirt_users
> Delete what you've done and start from the beginning. Describe > exactly how you created the guest. Use 'qemu-img info' to show the > format of the input file. Show precisely the virt-sparsify command > you are running. And use 'qemu-img info' on the output file too. Okay, here goes. Star

Re: [libvirt-users] Problem executing VM backups

2016-06-22 Thread Kashyap Chamarthy
On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 08:59:24AM +0200, Markus Ellinger wrote: > Hi everyone, > > we are suddenly having a problem with executing our backup jobs. For a long > time, we have used a shell script which contains the following code to > backup all our virtual machines: > > for domain in Tes

Re: [libvirt-users] virt-sparsify changing the apparent-size of files

2016-06-22 Thread Richard W.M. Jones
On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 12:40:40AM -0500, libvirt_us...@skagitattic.com wrote: > So you are saying when I do the virt-sparsify its converting the image > from raw to [qcow2]? No. virt-sparsify will use the same input and output formats, unless you use the --convert option. > I studied the man pa

[libvirt-users] Problem executing VM backups

2016-06-22 Thread Markus Ellinger
Hi everyone, we are suddenly having a problem with executing our backup jobs. For a long time, we have used a shell script which contains the following code to backup all our virtual machines: for domain in Testserver Faktura Fileserver Gitolite Jenkins Nexus SimpleHelp VpnGateway Wi