13.7. Converting between virtual disk formats

Verification

1. Display information about the converted image and see if it has the intended format and size.

   # qemu-img info <converted-image.qcow2>
   
   image: converted-image.qcow2
   file format: qcow2
   virtual size: 30 GiB (32212254720 bytes)
   disk size: 196 KiB
   cluster_size: 65536
   Format specific information:
       compat: 1.1
       compression type: zlib
       lazy refcounts: false
       refcount bits: 16
       corrupt: false
       extended l2: false

2. Check the disk image for potential errors. for instructions, see Checking the consistency of a virtual disk.