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Managing KVM and qcow2 images

This is a series of examples to provide a reference manual to manage qcow2 disk images.

It will include reclaiming space, mounting an unused image, resizing images, and more. So far we have:

  • Managing qcow2 images
    • Backup virtual machine
    • Copy sparse file across network using dd or rsync
    • How to mount a qcow2 image with qemu-nbd
    • Reclaiming space on qcow2 disk image
    • Resize qcow2 with blockresize on running VM
  • Migrate a VM with Minimal Downtime
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‹ KVM Virsh Console Access for Debian and FreeBSD VMs Backup Virtual Machine ›

Documentation

  • Install QEMU-KVM on Debian 9
    • Allow users to run virsh and manage VMs
    • KVM Bridged Networking
    • KVM Virsh Console Access for Debian and FreeBSD VMs
    • Managing KVM and qcow2 images
      • Backup Virtual Machine
      • Copy sparse file across network using dd or rsync
      • How to mount a qcow2 image with qemu-nbd
      • Reclaiming space on qcow2 disk image
  • Elliptic Curve Crypto & LetsEncrypt