KVM: running qemu-img info without exclusive access using force-share flag
By default, ‘qemu-image info’ will throw an error if it cannot get exclusive access to the disk file it is trying to read. $ sudo qemu-img info mydisk.qcow2 qemu-img: Could not open ‘mydisk.qcow2’: Failed to get shared “write” lock Is another process using the image [mydisk.qcow2]? Although it is not listed in the man page, … KVM: running qemu-img info without exclusive access using force-share flag