Convert virtual guest disk image from sparse to full allocation.

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Issue

  • Convert virtual guest disk image from sparse to full allocation.
  • Is there a way to convert a disk image file for a guest from sparse to full allocation without destroying the data for the performance reasons?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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