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Prof. Dr. Michael Schefczyk |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] "File too large" error from "qemu-img snapshot" (was Re: AW: Bug Repoting Directions Request) |
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Tue, 25 Nov 2014 11:49:21 +0000 |
Dear Kevin,
thank you very much! For the moment, I did stabilize my systems with these
commands. For a next step, will explore three further options, which should all
solve the issue better:
- move to ovirt altogether - probably as foolproof as needed at my skill level
- install ovirt's qemu-kvm-rhev to use the more extensive options
- move to QMP
Thanks again also to Paolo and Eric for providing substantial insights!
Regards,
Michael
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Kevin Wolf [mailto:address@hidden
Gesendet: Dienstag, 25. November 2014 12:34
An: Prof. Dr. Michael Schefczyk
Cc: Eric Blake; Paolo Bonzini; qemu-devel
Betreff: Re: [Qemu-devel] "File too large" error from "qemu-img snapshot" (was
Re: AW: Bug Repoting Directions Request)
Am 22.11.2014 um 18:02 hat Prof. Dr. Michael Schefczyk geschrieben:
> Dear All,
>
> after some trying, my impression is that the following steps do work with
> plain Centos 7:
>
> virsh snapshot-create-as VM backsnap
> qemu-img convert -f qcow2 -s backsnap -O qcow2 VM.img backup.img virsh
> snapshot-delete VM backsnap
>
> Am I on the right track with these commands?
I won't tell you that you're bound to break your image with this sequence,
because chances are that you won't break it. (In practice, this happens to work
in most cases, because the essential snapshot metadata generally isn't written
to without explicit user actions on that snapshot.)
But you're violating the rule of "one writer or many readers", so as far as
qemu is concerned, we won't be careful to avoid breaking this setup.
Don't blame us if it fails one day.
With the QMP solutions (either drive-backup or snapshot/commit) you're using
official APIs, so I'd encourage you to use these.
Kevin
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- Re: [Qemu-devel] "File too large" error from "qemu-img snapshot" (was Re: AW: Bug Repoting Directions Request), (continued)
- Re: [Qemu-devel] "File too large" error from "qemu-img snapshot" (was Re: AW: Bug Repoting Directions Request), Prof. Dr. Michael Schefczyk, 2014/11/19
- Re: [Qemu-devel] "File too large" error from "qemu-img snapshot" (was Re: AW: Bug Repoting Directions Request), Paolo Bonzini, 2014/11/19
- Re: [Qemu-devel] "File too large" error from "qemu-img snapshot" (was Re: AW: Bug Repoting Directions Request), Prof. Dr. Michael Schefczyk, 2014/11/19
- Re: [Qemu-devel] "File too large" error from "qemu-img snapshot" (was Re: AW: Bug Repoting Directions Request), Paolo Bonzini, 2014/11/19
- Re: [Qemu-devel] "File too large" error from "qemu-img snapshot" (was Re: AW: Bug Repoting Directions Request), Eric Blake, 2014/11/19
- Re: [Qemu-devel] "File too large" error from "qemu-img snapshot" (was Re: AW: Bug Repoting Directions Request), Prof. Dr. Michael Schefczyk, 2014/11/19
- Re: [Qemu-devel] "File too large" error from "qemu-img snapshot" (was Re: AW: Bug Repoting Directions Request), Eric Blake, 2014/11/19
- Re: [Qemu-devel] "File too large" error from "qemu-img snapshot" (was Re: AW: Bug Repoting Directions Request), Prof. Dr. Michael Schefczyk, 2014/11/22
- Re: [Qemu-devel] "File too large" error from "qemu-img snapshot" (was Re: AW: Bug Repoting Directions Request), Paolo Bonzini, 2014/11/24
- Re: [Qemu-devel] "File too large" error from "qemu-img snapshot" (was Re: AW: Bug Repoting Directions Request), Kevin Wolf, 2014/11/25
- Re: [Qemu-devel] "File too large" error from "qemu-img snapshot" (was Re: AW: Bug Repoting Directions Request),
Prof. Dr. Michael Schefczyk <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] "File too large" error from "qemu-img snapshot" (was Re: AW: Bug Repoting Directions Request), Kashyap Chamarthy, 2014/11/24