Pavmkvm801qcow2 New -

# Create a VM with 4 vCPUs and 8GB RAM, using the new image as its drive virt-install \ --name pavm801-vm \ --memory 8192 \ --vcpus 4 \ --disk path=/var/lib/libvirt/images/pavmkvm801qcow2-new.qcow2,format=qcow2 \ --os-variant ubuntu22.04 \ --import \ --network bridge:virbr0

df -h /var/lib/libvirt/images

This file follows the format. Unlike "raw" images, qcow2 files are thin-provisioned, meaning they only take up actual storage space as data is written to the virtual disk. The "pavmkvm801" naming convention suggests a specific automated build or versioning system typically found in enterprise infrastructure. Key Deployment Steps pavmkvm801qcow2 new