Public bug reported:
Wanted to move virt-manager files to new computer
Cant cp or rsync files preserving sparsnes for virt-manager files, they
become big
cp --sparse=always /var/lib/libvirt/images/*.qcow2 /mnt/external_hdd/
or
rsync -ah --progress --sparse /var/lib/libvirt/images/*.qcow2 /mnt/external_hdd/
still makes bigger image files. 4 gb file became 120gb and copied longer then
4gb file needed to
why sparse is not in thouse commands default also?
needed
sudo bash -c 'for f in /var/lib/libvirt/images/*.qcow2; do
base=$(basename "$f")
echo "Copying $base..."
qemu-img convert -O qcow2 "$f" "/media/kng/TOSHIBA
EXT/000Virtmanager/images/$base"
done'
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: ubiquity (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-100.100-generic 6.8.12
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-100-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.8
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Mon Feb 23 23:01:22 2026
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz persistent
file=/cdrom/preseed/kubuntu.seed quiet splash ---
InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-01-05 (781 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 22.04.3 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64
(20230807.1)
SourcePackage: ubiquity
Symptom: installation
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2024-08-30 (542 days ago)
** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug noble ubiquity-22.04.20
** Description changed:
+ Wanted to move virt-manager files to new computer
+
Cant cp or rsync files preserving sparsnes for virt-manager files, they
become big
cp --sparse=always /var/lib/libvirt/images/*.qcow2 /mnt/external_hdd/
or
rsync -ah --progress --sparse /var/lib/libvirt/images/*.qcow2
/mnt/external_hdd/
still makes bigger image files. 4 gb file became 120gb and copied longer then
4gb file needed to
why sparse is not in thouse commands default also?
needed
sudo bash -c 'for f in /var/lib/libvirt/images/*.qcow2; do
- base=$(basename "$f")
- echo "Copying $base..."
- qemu-img convert -O qcow2 "$f" "/media/kng/TOSHIBA
EXT/000Virtmanager/images/$base"
+ base=$(basename "$f")
+ echo "Copying $base..."
+ qemu-img convert -O qcow2 "$f" "/media/kng/TOSHIBA
EXT/000Virtmanager/images/$base"
done'
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: ubiquity (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-100.100-generic 6.8.12
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-100-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.8
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Mon Feb 23 23:01:22 2026
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz persistent
file=/cdrom/preseed/kubuntu.seed quiet splash ---
InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-01-05 (781 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 22.04.3 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64
(20230807.1)
SourcePackage: ubiquity
Symptom: installation
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2024-08-30 (542 days ago)
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