16.135. cdist-type__qemu_img(7)

16.135.1. NAME

cdist-type__qemu_img - Manage VM disk images

16.135.2. DESCRIPTION

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

16.135.3. 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".

16.135.4. 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

16.135.5. SEE ALSO

qemu-img(1)

16.135.6. AUTHORS

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

16.135.7. 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.