Pavmkvm801qcow2 New Jun 2026

(QEMU Copy On Write) is the standard disk image format for QEMU/KVM. Unlike raw disk images, QCOW2 files grow as data is written, meaning a 100GB virtual disk might only take up 2GB of physical space initially if the data inside is small.

virt-install \ --name pavmkvm801 \ --memory 2048 \ --vcpus 2 \ --disk /var/lib/libvirt/images/pavmkvm801.qcow2 \ --cdrom /path/to/ubuntu-22.04.iso \ --os-variant ubuntu22.04 \ --network network=default \ --graphics vnc pavmkvm801qcow2 new

qemu-img resize pavmkvm801.qcow2 +10G