Re: [ovirt-users] Can I use qcow2?

2014-09-04 Thread Punit Dambiwal
Hi, I have checked and found that ovirt support two type of disk formats (RAW QCOW2)...but bydefault it create the VM disk with RAW formati try but didn't find any way to change this format to qcow2 ?? How i can change the default vm disk from RAW to QCOW2 ?? I am using the below :- Ovirt

Re: [ovirt-users] Can I use qcow2?

2014-09-04 Thread Itamar Heim
On 09/05/2014 04:20 AM, Punit Dambiwal wrote: Hi, I have checked and found that ovirt support two type of disk formats (RAW QCOW2)...but bydefault it create the VM disk with RAW formati try but didn't find any way to change this format to qcow2 ?? since file system are usually sparse by

Re: [ovirt-users] Can I use qcow2?

2014-09-03 Thread Itamar Heim
On 09/03/2014 08:46 AM, Demeter Tibor wrote: Hi, Firstly, I don't want make an import domain. I just want to make a vm with same parameters (disk size,ram, etc) then replace the disk images with our original disks. on which storage type (iscsi or nfs)? Tibor - Eredeti üzenet -

Re: [ovirt-users] Can I use qcow2?

2014-09-03 Thread Demeter Tibor
On shared glusterfs. Tibor - Eredeti üzenet - On 09/03/2014 08:46 AM, Demeter Tibor wrote: Hi, Firstly, I don't want make an import domain. I just want to make a vm with same parameters (disk size,ram, etc) then replace the disk images with our original disks. on which

Re: [ovirt-users] Can I use qcow2?

2014-09-03 Thread Itamar Heim
On 09/03/2014 11:14 AM, Demeter Tibor wrote: On shared glusterfs. Allon/Federico - I remember on NFS, qcow2 isn't used by default, since raw is sparse by default. (but i don't remember if it won't work, or just not enabled by default). can one create a qcow2 disk for a VM with gluster

Re: [ovirt-users] Can I use qcow2?

2014-09-03 Thread Sven Kieske
Am 03.09.2014 12:50, schrieb Itamar Heim: Allon/Federico - I remember on NFS, qcow2 isn't used by default, since raw is sparse by default. (but i don't remember if it won't work, or just not enabled by default). can one create a qcow2 disk for a VM with gluster storage? Sorry for hijacking

Re: [ovirt-users] Can I use qcow2?

2014-09-03 Thread Federico Simoncelli
- Original Message - From: Itamar Heim ih...@redhat.com To: Demeter Tibor tdeme...@itsmart.hu Cc: users@ovirt.org, Allon Mureinik amure...@redhat.com, Federico Simoncelli fsimo...@redhat.com Sent: Wednesday, September 3, 2014 12:50:30 PM Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] Can I use qcow2

Re: [ovirt-users] Can I use qcow2?

2014-09-03 Thread Gianluca Cecchi
On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 1:22 PM, Sven Kieske s.kie...@mittwald.de wrote: Am 03.09.2014 12:50, schrieb Itamar Heim: Allon/Federico - I remember on NFS, qcow2 isn't used by default, since raw is sparse by default. (but i don't remember if it won't work, or just not enabled by default).

Re: [ovirt-users] Can I use qcow2?

2014-09-03 Thread Sven Kieske
Am 03.09.2014 15:09, schrieb Gianluca Cecchi: As far as I know from official RHEV docs, the better reference page is this (for RHEV 3.4): https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Virtualization/3.4/html/Administration_Guide/Understanding_virtual_disks.html Thanks

Re: [ovirt-users] Can I use qcow2?

2014-09-03 Thread Gianluca Cecchi
On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 5:24 PM, Sven Kieske s.kie...@mittwald.de wrote: OT: It's still a shame you can't open bugreports for rhev documentation when you are no subscriber/customer, why not let others improve your documentation for free? I remember to have asked for something like that in

Re: [ovirt-users] Can I use qcow2?

2014-09-03 Thread Sven Kieske
Am 03.09.2014 17:37, schrieb Gianluca Cecchi: I remember to have asked for something like that in the past on this list and then Tim Hildred thild...@redhat.com from Red Hat opened such a bugzilla entry for me so that I could comment with my open account see

Re: [ovirt-users] Can I use qcow2?

2014-09-03 Thread Demeter Tibor
Hi, So, what do you recommend for glusterfs? I have try out on local storage with native qcow2 format and the vm still could start, but does not boot. It sad no bootable device found. I convert to raw and it could boot without problems. I will try out on my glusterfs based storage soon. Thanks,

Re: [ovirt-users] Can I use qcow2?

2014-09-03 Thread Itamar Heim
On 09/03/2014 06:45 PM, Sven Kieske wrote: Am 03.09.2014 17:37, schrieb Gianluca Cecchi: I remember to have asked for something like that in the past on this list and then Tim Hildred thild...@redhat.com from Red Hat opened such a bugzilla entry for me so that I could comment with my open

[ovirt-users] Can I use qcow2?

2014-09-02 Thread Demeter Tibor
Hi, I have a lot of qcow2 based vm (from my kvm box) disks and I would like to copy to ovirt them. Ovirt can use qcow2 based images directly or I need to convert to raw in any case? I don't have long time for migration, the conversion process takes a long time. Thanks in advance Tibor

Re: [ovirt-users] Can I use qcow2?

2014-09-02 Thread Itamar Heim
On 09/02/2014 06:21 PM, Demeter Tibor wrote: Hi, I have a lot of qcow2 based vm (from my kvm box) disks and I would like to copy to ovirt them. Ovirt can use qcow2 based images directly or I need to convert to raw in any case? I don't have long time for migration, the conversion process takes a

Re: [ovirt-users] Can I use qcow2?

2014-09-02 Thread Demeter Tibor
Hi, Firstly, I don't want make an import domain. I just want to make a vm with same parameters (disk size,ram, etc) then replace the disk images with our original disks. Tibor - Eredeti üzenet - On 09/02/2014 06:21 PM, Demeter Tibor wrote: Hi, I have a lot of qcow2 based vm