Qcow2

wikipedia:qcow2 is a file format for disk image files used by QEMU. qcow2 support AES and multiple snapshots.

qcow2 internal snapshots are best avoided in favour of extenal snapshots.

Activities

• Extend LVM on qcow2 images
• Read about raw files and qcow2 differences: https://www.berrange.com/posts/2017/02/10/the-surprisingly-complicated-world-of-disk-image-sizes/

Related commands

• qemu-img info
• qemu-img create
• qemu-img convert

See also

• qemu-img: qemu-img info, qemu-img check, qemu-img resize, qemu-img create, qcow2, qemu-img rebase, qemu-img convert, qemu-img commit, qemu-img ammend
• KVM, Installation, QEMU, virsh, virtinst, libguestfs-tools, libvirt, qemu, Red Hat Virtualization (RHV), MacVTap, Virtio, oVirt, KVM services, KVM networking, KVM graphics, CPU, KVM on ARM

https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Qcow2

https://www.berrange.com/posts/2017/02/10/the-surprisingly-complicated-world-of-disk-image-sizes/