Panorama-kvm-10.0.4.qcow2
Cause: The qcow2 file resides on a storage pool with CoW enabled on the host filesystem (e.g., Btrfs or ZFS without tuning).
Fix: Disable copy-on-write on the host directory for the qcow2 file:
chattr +C /var/lib/libvirt/images/
Since Panorama holds the keys to your entire firewall estate, securing the KVM host and the virtual appliance is paramount. panorama-kvm-10.0.4.qcow2
Cause: KVM attempts to boot via network or wrong disk bus.
Fix: Ensure the disk is set to bus='virtio' and the boot order is explicitly set: Cause : The qcow2 file resides on a
<os>
<boot dev='hd'/>
</os>
Need a test instance? Use qemu-img to create a linked clone: Since Panorama holds the keys to your entire
qemu-img create -f qcow2 -b panorama-kvm-10.0.4.qcow2 panorama-test-staging.qcow2
This clone uses less than 1 GB of disk while sharing the original 100+ GB base image.
Target Platform: KVM/QEMU hypervisors.