egrep -c '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo # to confirm virtualization is enabled in BIOS > you need anything greater than zero returned sudo apt update sudo apt install -y qemu-kvm libvirt-daemon-system libvirt-clients bridge-utils sudo apt install -y qemu-kvm qemu-system-x86_64 --version ## verify install sudo apt install -y virtinst libvirt-daemon sudo systemctl enable --now libvirtd # enable service sudo apt install -y virt-manager ## install the GUI reboot when transferring from old machine: copy over the qcow files to appropriate path restore backups of folder /etc/libvirt/qemu make sure the paths in the xml files are correct fix/import the xml files with: virsh define rhel901.xml