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Re: possible to resize (extend) a raw image online with qemu-img ? - SOL
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Lentes, Bernd |
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Re: possible to resize (extend) a raw image online with qemu-img ? - SOLVED |
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Tue, 19 Oct 2021 23:32:00 +0200 (CEST) |
----- On Oct 19, 2021, at 9:24 PM, Bernd Lentes
bernd.lentes@helmholtz-muenchen.de wrote:
> ----- On Oct 19, 2021, at 7:08 PM, Bernd Lentes
> bernd.lentes@helmholtz-muenchen.de wrote:
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>> Hi ML,
>>
>> is it possible to extend the disk (raw format) of a running guest with
>> qemu-img
>> ?
>>
>
> reading the manpage brings light into it:
> Warning: Never use qemu-img to modify images in use by a running virtual
> machine
> or any other process; this may destroy the image.
> Also, be aware that querying an image that is being modified by another
> process
> may encounter inconsistent state.
>
> Bernd
It is possible:
https://www.humblec.com/is-it-possible-to-do-online-resizing-of-guest-block-devices-or-without-shutdown/
Bernd
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