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Description of problem:
Create qcow2 image, and then start this image with raw format as data disk of windows guest, then check this qcow2 image, find it become raw format using qemu-img info.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.147.el6.x86_64
How reproducible:
100%
Steps to Reproduce:
1.create qcow2 image
# qemu-img create -f qcow2 data.img 2G
# qemu-img info data.img
image: data.img
file format: qcow2
virtual size: 2.0G (2147483648 bytes)
disk size: 136K
cluster_size: 65536
2. start windows guest with this qcow2 image with format=raw,
-drive file=/home/data.img,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-1,format=raw,cache=none -device virtio-blk-pci,drive=drive-ide0-0-1,id=ide0-0-1
3.login windows guest, and go to Disk Management, click on OK on pop up initialize disk windows.
4. check this image info again
# qemu-img info data.img
image: data.img
file format: raw
virtual size: 256K (262144 bytes)
disk size: 136K
Actual results:
After start this qcow2 image in windows guest with format=raw, it become raw format.
Expected results:
It should keep qcow2 format.
Additional info:
Try this issue on RHEL guest, qcow2 format has no change.