[libvirt-users] About .img file while creating vm

[Daniel Romero]

Hi,

the .img is a file that will be exposed to the guest VM as a block device
(HD). You can create an empty one using qemu-img or dd (full space
allocation), or use one that already have an OS image whitin.

Atte.
Daniel Romero P.


On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 12:51 AM, amey pandit <panditamey1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am trying to create vm using virsh create x.xml. But I am confused as
> what is the .img file that is required.
> Here is the Disk tag from my xml.
>  <disk type='file' device='disk'>
>       <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
> *      <source file='/xxx/xx_vm.img'/>                 *
>       <target dev='hda'/>
>     </disk>
> Is it .ova file that is converted to .img ?
> If anybody have links or some guide related to the topic that would be
> really helpful.
>
> Thank you,
> Amey
>
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