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# virt-sparsify
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> Make virtual machine drive images thin-provisioned.
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> Note: Use only for offline machines to avoid data corruption.
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2025-05-08 12:26:01 -06:00
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> More information: <https://manned.org/virt-sparsify>.
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- Create a sparsified compressed image without snapshots from an unsparsified one:
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`virt-sparsify --compress {{path/to/image.qcow2}} {{path/to/image_new.qcow2}}`
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- Sparsify an image in-place:
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`virt-sparsify --in-place {{path/to/image.img}}`
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