Which disk image/storage format is used when vManage is deployed as a virtual machine on a KVM hypervisor?

When deploying vManage on a KVM hypervisor, the disk image format used is .qcow2. This is KVM's native disk image format, offering features like snapshotting, thin provisioning, and live migration, which are beneficial in virtualized environments. .iso is an optical disc image format, typically used for installing operating systems, not for virtual machine disk images. .tgz is a compressed archive file format, used for bundling multiple files, not for virtual machine disk images. .ova (Open Virtual Appliance) is a distribution format for virtual appliances, commonly used with VMware and VirtualBox, but not the native format for KVM. While KVM can sometimes import OVA, it converts it to its native format, typically .qcow2.