I don’t have any context for the string "cat9kvprd171201prd9qcow2" — it could be a filename, product code, hash, identifier, or obfuscated data. I will analyze it systematically and provide thorough, specific possibilities and next steps you can take.
file is a virtual disk image in QCOW2 format, designed for KVM-based hypervisors. This specific version belongs to the Cisco IOS XE 17.12.1