On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 09:31:55 +, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 03:34:46PM +0100, Peter Krempa wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 14:18:03 -, Michael Niehren wrote:
> > > one more ...
> > >
> > > what would happen, if i create the qcow2 image with zstd compression
So to archive my goal to have an zstd compressed backup image,
i can currently not use the new approach with backup-begin ?
Instead i have to use the old approach with the overlay file and use qemu-img
convert compression_type=zstd ...
for doing the backup and if finished blockcommit the overlay
On Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 03:34:46PM +0100, Peter Krempa wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 14:18:03 -, Michael Niehren wrote:
> > one more ...
> >
> > what would happen, if i create the qcow2 image with zstd compression
> > enabled and
> > use the '--reuse-external' flag ?
> > Would qemu write c
Hi,
I have a setup with multiple virtual machines (VMs), each with a saved
state. All VMs share the same parent, which is located on a shared drive.
Whenever I restore any VM using virsh restore, the parent is dropped from
the system cache, causing all data to be downloaded from the shared drive
a
