[virt-tools-list] virt-clone and a .img file?

[Cole Robinson]

On 03/25/2016 04:23 PM, James Okken wrote:
> Hi list!
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> virt-clone’s documentation shows a user should use <filename>.img for the
> --file parameter for the vHD name of the cloned machine
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> What format does this file get created in? The original vHD is a .qcow2 file.
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> Should I have really just used <filename>.qcow2?
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> Or is the .img file created actually different than the .qcow2 original file?

You probably just want to use the --auto-clone option. --file is only if you
want to specify a custom filename for the new storage.

The clone doesn't do much more than 'cp' the disk images to the new filenames,
so the qcow2 format will be preserved.

- Cole