you can store your virtual hard disk files wherever you want… By default they’re in a certain directory, but maybe differences in versions has yours going to /pool and mine going to another directory. Either way, you can change that source directory to whatever it says, because that’s where it would physically be.
The format is selectable, the other option being .raw or .img, so that’s how that got created. Even if you didn’t choose to create a custom storage volume like that, it’s possible that libvirt could be set to default to .img instead of qcow2.
If you run on the .iso, it is like running a live distro from a flash drive… you cant save anything.
If you do an install, you need to tell it to save the image file and you need to set the boot setting to boot from the image file or it will carry on booting the live image from the iso.
In Vbox, the step of changing over from booting the CD to booting the VM is obvious. In virt- manager it is more subtle.
I have never really mastered the exit options in virt-manager, but I think either Shutdown or Save will save the current
VM to an image file.
What type of image file it saves to (qcow2 or img) should be in the settings. It defaukts to qcow2 for me.
I went back and re-read all the steps we took when this W10 VM was created. And near the end, I followed @nevj 's article which said to use RAW vs QCOW. So in setting up the VM, that means it would have created a raw image. But in the article there was an area here:
And it showed me to select or create custom storage. But notice the create a disk image for the virtual machine? It was not selected. So I am unsure about that step in the long process we had with getting W10 running.
OK, it looks like the VM file was never written
Havd you ever worked in that Win VM?
Did you make any files?
Are they there?
That is another way to check
If it is not there, … easy for you… forget about moving things, save your iso files, and make the VM again from scrstch at the new location.
Yes, I installed apps, saved docs & spreadsheets, etc. They were on the virtual hard drive. I already backed up the only files I needed from there. And, of course, I still have all my .iso files we used to create the VM.
I have my notes from before, so why not? I am getting good at re-creating things, reinstalling things, restoring snapshots, etc. LOL.
