Create Sparse Images - virt-sparsify | Online Free DevTools by Hexmos
Create sparse virtual machine images with virt-sparsify. Recover disk space and optimize image size. Free online tool, no registration required.
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Make virtual machine drive images thin-provisioned. Note: Use only for offline machines to avoid data corruption. More information: https://manned.org/virt-sparsify.
- Create a sparsified compressed image without snapshots from an unsparsified one:
virt-sparsify --compress {{path/to/image.qcow2}} {{path/to/image_new.qcow2}}
- Sparsify an image in-place:
virt-sparsify --in-place {{path/to/image.img}}