Convert raw VM image (img) to qcow2 using qemu-img
Issue
To take a snapshot of a KVM VM, storage backing must be qcow2, existing raw images must be converted to qcow2 for snapshot capability.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Virtualization 4
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