PS, this is where the qcow extension came from... qemu copy-on-write. :-)

> Snapshots take the image at the point of checkpointing and freeze it. Any
> further writes to the image are handled using a copy-on-write approach.
>
> The state of the disk in your example should be nearly identical. The only
> thing that should change is system logs and other files that are modified
> on every boot.
>
> Tyler
>
>> 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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