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Last modified by Sebastian Marsching on 2023/05/16 20:12
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58 58  This will create an XML file with the VM configuration and a QCOW2 file for each disk in `/path/to/destination/dir`. The XML file can be adjusted and then imported using `virsh define`.
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60 -# Recovering unused space from a virtual disk images
60 +# Recovering unused space from a virtual disk images{{id name="virt-sparsify"/}}
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62 -libvirt offers a utility called virt-sparsify, which helps with recovering unused space from virtual disk images, reducing their size on disk. This is particularly useful with images in the QCOW2 format.
62 +libvirt offers a utility called `virt-sparsify`, which helps with recovering unused space from virtual disk images, reducing their size on disk. This is particularly useful with images in the QCOW2 format.
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64 64  The utility can either be used in-place or create a new image. In either case, the virtual machine has to be shutdown before starting the process. To use the in-place variant, use the following command:
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