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Marc Baum on March 5, 2020, 6:38 am
Hey @djurden!
I think what takes that long is the conversion from .vmdk in the .qcow2 format. If you convert the image into the qcow2 format before importing it, it will save you quite some time.
To convert, run the following command: `qemu-img convert -O qcow2 <image-name>.vmdk <new-image-name>.qcow2`
It's best to run the command in a tmux session, so you can close the terminal without interrupting the process.
When you import the qcow2 image now, antMan will create the ZFS filesystem for you, copy all the necessary files in the correct locations (with 80GB that will still take a while) and create the correct XML-file to actually use it for creating antlets.
Let me know how it goes!
Best, Marc
Hey @djurden!
I think what takes that long is the conversion from .vmdk in the .qcow2 format. If you convert the image into the qcow2 format before importing it, it will save you quite some time.
To convert, run the following command: `qemu-img convert -O qcow2 <image-name>.vmdk <new-image-name>.qcow2`
It's best to run the command in a tmux session, so you can close the terminal without interrupting the process.
When you import the qcow2 image now, antMan will create the ZFS filesystem for you, copy all the necessary files in the correct locations (with 80GB that will still take a while) and create the correct XML-file to actually use it for creating antlets.
Let me know how it goes!
Best, Marc