KVM installation issues

Shazam77

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Hi All, new to proxmox and limited VM/linux experience. Trying to spin up a VM using a qcow2 file I have and running into issuse...I've create the VM:

root@pve:~# qm config 868
agent: enabled=1
bios: seabios
boot: order=virtio0
cores: 4
cpu: host
hotplug: disk,network,usb,cpu
machine: q35
memory: 8000
meta: creation-qemu=10.0.2,ctime=1763028249
name: palo-Broker-VM-kvm
net0: virtio=BC:24:11:FC:EA:27,bridge=vmbr0,tag=1
net1: virtio=BC:24:11:AD:C9:23,bridge=vmbr0,tag=100
net2: virtio=BC:24:11:30:85:FE,bridge=vmbr0,tag=250
net3: virtio=BC:24:11:39:D8:EF,bridge=vmbr0,tag=20
numa: 0
ostype: l26
scsihw: virtio-scsi-pci
serial0: socket
smbios1: uuid=784fac9d-f96b-4224-8244-0e93b1bfbaee
sockets: 1
unused0: Image:vm-868-disk-0
vmgenid: dcbfb1a9-640b-4b46-a10f-16379154da07

and I've confirmd the file I'm trying to use is in the directory:

root@pve:~# ls /var/lib/vz/images
broker-vm-28.0.100.ova broker-vm-28.0.100.qcow2

When I try to import the disk this is the error I get:

root@pve:~# qm importdisk 868 broker-vm-28.0.100.qcow2 /var/lib/vz/images/ --format qcow2
400 Parameter verification failed.
storage: invalid format - storage ID '/var/lib/vz/images/' contains illegal characters

qm disk import <vmid> <source> <storage> [OPTIONS]

or

root@pve:~# qm importdisk 868 broker-vm-28.0.100.qcow2 images --format qcow2
broker-vm-28.0.100.qcow2: non-existent or non-regular file

Any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong?
 
Thanks @bbgeek17 , results below:

root@pve:~# qm importdisk 868 /var/lib/vz/images/broker-vm-28.0.100.qcow2 broker-vm-28.0.100.qcow2 --format qcow2
storage 'broker-vm-28.0.100.qcow2' does not exist