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How to administer KVM / QEMUEdit

https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-create-create-snapshot-in-linux-kvm-vmdomain/

https://www.linuxtechi.com/create-revert-delete-kvm-virtual-machine-snapshot-virsh-command/ https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/570414/understanding-how-libvirt-snapshots-are-stored

Convert vdi to qcow2[1]Edit

qemu-img convert -f vdi -O qcow2 Windows10.vdi Windows10.qcow2

  1. ↑ https://cubiclenate.com/2024/05/30/converting-vdi-to-qcow2-step-by-step-guide-for-virt-manager-migration/

Delete snapshots[1]Edit

qemu-img snapshot -d snapshot1 debian.qcow2

  1. ↑ https://serverfault.com/questions/946419/how-to-delete-a-snapshot-not-seen-with-virsh-but-can-be-seen-with-qemu-img-infohttps://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/554495/cant-resize-qemu-vms

Combine multiple vmdks to a single vmdkEdit

C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation 

C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -r vmdk-primary.vmdk -t 0 combinedImage.vmdk

The vmware-vdiskmanager.exe lives with VMWare Player (or your chosen VMWare product).

  1. Once done, you will still have the original files.
  2. You will have to rename the combinedImage.vmdk file to the original file name vmdk-primary.vmdk.
  3. Once you are happy with the new image, you can delete the old files, just make sure it works first.
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