[CentOS-virt] Confused by "qemu-img convert"
MargoAndTodd
margoandtodd at gmail.comSat Apr 23 05:28:16 UTC 2011
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> Hi All, > > Okay. Now I am confused. > > I have a bunch of virtual machines running under Virtual Box 3.2.12. > I want to run them under KVM and drop Virtual Box from these > systems. > > Supposedly "qemu-img convert" now supports direct conversion > from vdi to whatever KVM uses. So I fired up the man page and > got really confused. Then I fired up Google and got worse > confused. > > Might I impose on some kind individual to write down a sample > run string that would show me how to do this? > > Many thanks, > -T > Is it as easy as? qemu-img convert -f vdi oldImage.vdi -O qcow2 newImage.qcow Do I need a ton of disk space to go to a full hard drive then back to a small virtual hard drive? Do I need the Virtual Box XML file for anything or just the VDI? Many thanks, -T
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