Changes for page Kernel-based virtual machine (KVM)
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... ... @@ -297,3 +297,7 @@ 297 297 ``` 298 298 299 299 Obviously, the options used in the command above are just an example and can be different. 300 + 301 +# Recovering unused space from a QCOW2 image 302 + 303 +A QCOW2 image often grows significantly over time, sometimes even larger than the size of the virtual disk represented by this image. In this case, creating a fresh image and copying the data can help. This can be done with the `qemu-img conv` command. However, the [[`libvirt-sparsify` command offers a much more convenient way|doc:Linux.libvirt.WebHome|anchor="virt-sparsify"]] of achieving this goal and can even work in-place, without having to copy the image.