2013/8/6 Liu Yuan <namei.unix at gmail.com>: >> can you try 'qemu convert -f qcow2 -O qcow2 ...' too? I didn't understand what you meant. Now it's clear: qemu-img convert -t directsync -f qcow2 -O qcow2 wheezy_template.qcow2 sheepdog:wheezy_template And it works fine with cache=writeback!