Avi Kivity schrieb: > If you're using an old image, it's worthwhile to regenerate it using > 'qemu-img convert' to clear any hidden corruption. > Be careful with that. qemu-img convert doesn't retain snapshots, so > you're only converting whatever the guest currently sees. But at least > checking old images is a good idea. > Kevin Hi, Ok thanks. After converting the image I am able to do a snapshot with qemu-img. Only the time makes me a little bit perplex. Creating a snapshot from a file with qemu-img takes about 4 minutes. The drive is stored on a hardware raid 1+0, so write speed should not be the problem. Regards, Tobias ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Es wird ein guter Tag. Mit Sirona. It will be a great day. With Sirona ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sirona Dental Systems GmbH . HRB 24948 . Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Dr. Erich Blum . Sirona Dental Services GmbH . HRB 25819 . Sirona Holding GmbH . HRB 25817 . Sirona Immobilien GmbH . HRB 24987 . Sirona International Holding GmbH . HRB 25741 . Sirona Technologie GmbH & Co. KG . HRA 83590 . Geschaftsfuhrung: Theo Haar . Sitz der Gesellschaften: Bensheim . Registergericht: AG Darmstadt . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Diese E-Mail ist ausschliesslich fuer den angesprochenen Adressaten bestimmt und kann vertrauliche Informationen beinhalten. Wenn Sie diese E-Mail irrtuemlich erhalten haben, verstaendigen Sie uns bitte umgehend unter postmaster@xxxxxxxxxx und loeschen die E-Mail. Sie duerfen die E-Mail nicht kopieren, verteilen, veroeffentlichen oder sonst in irgendeiner Weise verwenden. This e-mail is intended only for the designated recipient(s). It may contain confidential or proprietary information and may be subject to other confidentiality protections. If you are not a designated recipient, you may not review, copy or distribute this message. If you receive this in error, please notify us immediately at postmaster@xxxxxxxxxx and delete this message ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html