KVM | Repairing Corrupt QEMU Image
In this exercise we will repair a corrupt qemu image file.
Let’s assume you are getting error related to disk image is corrupted and can not be opened for read/write.
Shutdown the Source VM , if running
virsh shutdown guest_vm
Install libguestfs-tools rpm on the system hosting the KVM virtual Machines
yum install libguestfs-tools
Perform the QEMU image filesystem repair using “guestfish” utility.
guestfish -a /kvmstore/kvmbox1.img
Note – Select the valid filesystem type whhen running fsck command. “fsck fstype lv/partition
Start the KVM Guest.
virsh start guest_vm
