qemu-img convert: raw, qcow2, qed, vdi, vmdk, vhd

This example will convert a raw image file named image.img to a qcow2 image file.

qemu-img convert -f raw -O qcow2 image.img image.qcow2

Run the following command to convert a vmdk image file to a raw image file.

qemu-img convert -f vmdk -O raw image.vmdk image.img

Run the following command to convert a vmdk image file to a qcow2 image file.

qemu-img convert -f vmdk -O qcow2 image.vmdk image.qcow2