diff --git a/pages/common/qemu-img.md b/pages/common/qemu-img.md index 29b18c6141..ad041e17a8 100644 --- a/pages/common/qemu-img.md +++ b/pages/common/qemu-img.md @@ -5,20 +5,28 @@ - Create disk image with a specific size (in gigabytes): -`qemu-img create {{image_name.img}} {{gigabytes}}G` +`qemu-img create {{path/to/image_file.img}} {{gigabytes}}G` - Show information about a disk image: -`qemu-img info {{image_name.img}}` +`qemu-img info {{path/to/image_file.img}}` - Increase or decrease image size: -`qemu-img resize {{image_name.img}} {{gigabytes}}G` +`qemu-img resize {{path/to/image_file.img}} {{gigabytes}}G` - Dump the allocation state of every sector of the specified disk image: -`qemu-img map {{image_name.img}}` +`qemu-img map {{path/to/image_file.img}}` -- Convert a VMware .vmdk disk image to a KVM .qcow2 disk image: +- Convert a VMware `.vmdk` disk image to a KVM `.qcow2` disk image: -`qemu-img convert -f {{vmdk}} -O {{qcow2}} {{path/to/file/foo.vmdk}} {{path/to/file/foo.qcow2}}` +`qemu-img convert -f vmdk -O qcow2 {{path/to/image_file.vmdk}} {{path/to/image_file.qcow2}}` + +- [c]reate an internal snapshot of a KVM `.qcow2` disk image: + +`qemu-img snapshot -c {{snapshot_tag_name}} {{path/to/image_file.qcow2}}` + +- [a]pply an internal snapshot to a KVM `.qcow2` disk image: + +`qemu-img snapshot -a {{snapshot_tag_name}} {{path/to/image_file.qcow2}}`