16.126. cdist-type__qemu_img(7)¶

16.126.1. NAME¶

cdist-type__qemu_img - Manage VM disk images

16.126.2. DESCRIPTION¶

The qemu-img program is used to create qemu images for qemu and (qemu-)kvm.

16.126.3. OPTIONAL PARAMETERS¶

state

Either "present" or "absent", defaults to "present"

size

Size of the image in qemu-img compatible units.

Required if state is "present".

16.126.4. EXAMPLES¶

# Create a 50G size image
__qemu_img /home/services/kvm/vm/myvmname/system-disk --size 50G

# Remove image
__qemu_img /home/services/kvm/vm/myoldvm/system-disk --state absent

16.126.5. SEE ALSO¶

qemu-img(1)

16.126.6. AUTHORS¶

Nico Schottelius <nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org>

16.126.7. COPYING¶

Copyright (C) 2012-2014 Nico Schottelius. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.