convert vmdk image to qcow2
09 Jan 2024convert
qemu-img convert -p -f vmdk -O qcow2 ./RHCE90.vmdk /path/to/RHCE90.qcow2
shrink qcow2 image
#qemu-img convert -c -O qcow2 /path/to/RHCE90.qcow2 /path/to/shrunk-RHCE90.qcow2
virt-sparsify --tmp ~/tmp -v -x ~/VMs/RHCE/rhce90/RHCE90.qcow2 --compress shrunk-RHCE90.qcow2
#^^^ virt-sparsify will call 'qemu-img convert -c ...' at the end