Large disk files take longer to load and initialize.
Objectives of Repacking
# Convert to compressed QCOW2 (more efficient than raw) qemu-img convert -f qcow2 -O qcow2 -c csr1000v-ucmk916121b-serial.qcow2 csr1000v-ucmk916121b-serial-repacked.qcow2 csr1000vucmk916121bserialqcow2 repack best
: The product line, Cisco’s virtualized router designed for multi-tenant cloud environments.
Preparation Steps
Create the folder structure required by EVE-NG, making sure it follows the standard naming convention, such as csr1000v-16.12.1b .
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qemu-img convert -O qcow2 [input_image.qcow2] [output_image_sparsified.qcow2]