How do I create a copy-on-write qcow2 image based on another image file

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Issue

  • Using the 'clone' feature simply makes a copy of an image file on disk.

  • Copies are wasteful when only a small portion of the image will be changed from a template.

  • Snapshot support is needed along with capability to rebase from a set of changes.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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