Turning an existing virtual machine disk image into a generalized image for use in templates is a common ask from customers who have migrated to the platform.

The documentation is incomplete and difficult for new users.    

    4.18

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    1. Deploy or identify an existing Linux VM on CNV
    2. Navigate to https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.18/html/virtualization/advanced-vm-creation#virt-generalizing-linux-vm-image_virt-creating-vms-uploading-images 
     3. Follow steps to "Generlalize a VM image"
    
    

* Steps 3, 4, and 5: Example naming of PV is inconsistent: <my_vm_volume> and <my-vm-volume>

* Step 6 assumes disk image is visible at 'disk.img'. In my testing using ODF and rbd this is not correct. It is at /dev/vda
** Discovery of the true volume location inside the libguestfs pod may be discovered by viewing the volumeDevices in that pod spec

* Step 9 this step will hang if the libguestfs pod is not terminated. The clone initiated by adding to the catalog will just sit in pending indefinitely. A step "6.5" should be added to exit the libguestfs pod.

 The documentation should be concise but account for variability which confounds a new user.   

  https://redhat-internal.slack.com/archives/C068X44C8VB/p1745608585579509