Re: [Qemu-devel] Can qemu reopen image files?

[Fam Zheng]

On Sun, 12/18 20:52, Christopher Pereira wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We are doing a "qemu-img convert" operation (qcow2, with compression) to
> shorten the backing-chain (in the middle of the backing-chain).
> In order to force qemu to reopen files, we do a save and restore operation.
> Is there a faster way to reopen image files using virsh or qemu?

No, don't use qemu-img when the image is in use by QEMU. You want to use
"block-commit" command provided by QMP.

Fam