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# virt-sparsify
> 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/new_image.qcow2}}`
- Sparsify an image in-place:
`virt-sparsify --in-place {{path/to/image.img}}`
- Convert from one image format to another:
`virt-sparsify {{path/to/image}} --convert {{qcow2|raw|vdi|...}} {{path/to/new_image}}`