Re: [Qemu-devel] Derivative snapshots or snapshots for versioning

2011-05-25 Thread Stefan Hajnoczi
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Mike Young wrote: > I'm trying to see if I can I do a derivative snapshot as a means of > versioning. I wish to do this vs dd or cp as it's much faster. I do not > intend to apply a snapshot back to an original volume. > So, let's say I have original_volume.img and

Re: [Qemu-devel] Derivative snapshots or snapshots for versioning

2011-05-25 Thread Mike Young
Thanks Stefan! On 5/25/11 1:21 AM, "Stefan Hajnoczi" wrote: >On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Mike Young >wrote: >> I'm trying to see if I can I do a derivative snapshot as a means of >> versioning. I wish to do this vs dd or cp as it's much faster. I do not >> intend to apply a snapshot back t

[Qemu-devel] Derivative snapshots or snapshots for versioning

2011-05-24 Thread Mike Young
Hi, I'm trying to see if I can I do a derivative snapshot as a means of versioning. I wish to do this vs dd or cp as it's much faster. I do not intend to apply a snapshot back to an original volume. So, let's say I have original_volume.img and I create a snapshot using the ­b option: "qemu-img cr