Since you can always delete the checkpoints from the image, I think the
actual image content doesn't change. Hope this helps.

Sean


On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 1:28 AM, Paul Rosenfeld <[email protected]>wrote:

> This is probably a silly question since I don't have an in-depth knowledge
> of how QEMU checkpoints work, but when I create a checkpoint, is the
> original image changed? I know the qcow2 file is modified, but is the
> actual image content of the non-snapshot portion changed?
>
> In other words, if I boot up a some qcow2 file, call
> checkpoint_and_shutdown() and then boot up the same qcow2 file (without any
> -loadvm option) -- is the state of the disk identical between the two
> boots?
>
> Thanks,
> Paul
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