I think the qemu-img convert am talking about is used to generate backing file
qemu-img info /openstack/nova/instances/b0dc644d-6f10-4736-806c-946d5649a0be/disk image: /openstack/nova/instances/b0dc644d-6f10-4736-806c-946d5649a0be/disk file format: qcow2 virtual size: 25G (26843545600 bytes) disk size: 308M cluster_size: 65536 backing file: /openstack/nova/instances/_base/95aa9859731c56d3773d954c1ef0fb45ce8ad799 Format specific information: compat: 1.1 lazy refcounts: false refcount bits: 16 corrupt: false
qemu-img info /openstack/nova/instances/_base/95aa9859731c56d3773d954c1ef0fb45ce8ad799 image: /openstack/nova/instances/_base/95aa9859731c56d3773d954c1ef0fb45ce8ad799 file format: raw virtual size: 5.0G (5368709120 bytes) disk size: 3.7G
I think the qemu-img convert am talking about is used to generate backing file
qemu-img info /openstack/ nova/instances/ b0dc644d- 6f10-4736- 806c-946d5649a0 be/disk nova/instances/ b0dc644d- 6f10-4736- 806c-946d5649a0 be/disk nova/instances/ _base/95aa98597 31c56d3773d954c 1ef0fb45ce8ad79 9
image: /openstack/
file format: qcow2
virtual size: 25G (26843545600 bytes)
disk size: 308M
cluster_size: 65536
backing file: /openstack/
Format specific information:
compat: 1.1
lazy refcounts: false
refcount bits: 16
corrupt: false
qemu-img info /openstack/ nova/instances/ _base/95aa98597 31c56d3773d954c 1ef0fb45ce8ad79 9 nova/instances/ _base/95aa98597 31c56d3773d954c 1ef0fb45ce8ad79 9
image: /openstack/
file format: raw
virtual size: 5.0G (5368709120 bytes)
disk size: 3.7G