title: How to use an existing .qcow2 to create another VM with virhsh/qemu?
body: <p>I have a Red Hat 6.9 .qcow2 with working system and I would like to clone/replicate it to another VM (or as domain how virsh calls it) but when I use the following command:</p>
  
  <pre><code>virt-install  \
  --name rhel69  \
  --ram 4096  \
  --disk path=./rhel69_vol.qcow2,size=32  \
  --vcpus 4  \
  --os-type linux  \
  --os-variant generic  \
  --boot hd  \
  --network bridge=virbr1,mac=52:54:00:12:34:56  \
  --graphics none  \
  --console pty,target_type=serial
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have my VM created but I cannot access the console like so:</p>
  
  <pre><code>virsh console rhel69
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and the VM's process on the host takes 100% CPU. I have enough RAM to host it. I tried e.g. <code>virsh console rhel69</code> but I get nothing.</p>
  
  <p>What am I doing wrong?</p>