id = 1216
title = "System crashes/hangs when running qemu-img convert"
state = "closed"
created_at = "2022-09-16T19:03:16.716Z"
closed_at = "2022-10-16T10:58:34.254Z"
labels = ["Storage", "qemu-img", "workflow::Needs Info"]
url = "https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/1216"
host-os = "**Ubuntu 20.04**"
host-arch = "**x64**"
qemu-version = "qemu-img version 4.2.1 (Debian 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.16)"
guest-os = "**Windows Server 2022**"
guest-arch = "**x64**"
description = """**Upon running the above command, the Virtual Machine simply crashes and is irrecoverable**"""
reproduce = """1. **Start Ubuntu 20.04 or SIFT Workstation**
2. **sudo apt-get install qemu**
3. **qemu-img convert -O raw JEA.vmdk JEA.vmdk.raw**"""
additional = """I have also run this on macOS and it just hangs and never completes"""