: Before deploying widely, test your modified image to ensure it functions as expected.
Wait until the command returns an error indicating that the disk is full. Then delete the zero file: csr1000vucmk916121bserialqcow2 repack best
A "repack" implies this process has already been performed. : Before deploying widely, test your modified image
mv csr1000vucmk916121b.repacked.qcow2 csr1000vucmk916121b.qcow2 mv csr1000vucmk916121b
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You should see that the (the space used on the host) is significantly smaller than the virtual disk size (the capacity presented to the VM). This is the hallmark of a successful sparse repack.
Modern versions of CSR 1000V (including 16.12.1) support cloud-init . Instead of repacking the QCOW2 file to inject configuration, engineers should utilize a NoCloud ISO or hypervisor metadata services. This allows the router to inject the configuration dynamically during the first boot.