[virt-tools-list] virt-manager problem with LVM storage

[Cole Robinson]

On 04/07/2013 02:20 PM, Emmanuel Noobadmin wrote:
> I'm using virt-manager 0.9 on Centos 6.4
> Cloning a guest VM that use logical volumes for storage, no errors but
> the cloned VM will not start. It seems that virt-manager created files
> in /dev/<volume group>/ instead of creating logical volumes.
> 
> e.g. end result after cloning
> lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 7 Apr 8 00:22 lv_Jup1_root -> ../dm-6
> -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 4294967296 Apr 8 01:58 lv_Jup1_root-clone
> lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 7 Apr 8 00:22 lv_Jup1_swap -> ../dm-7
> -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 2147483648 Apr 8 01:58 lv_Jup1_swap-clone
> lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 7 Apr 8 00:22 lv_Jup1_var -> ../dm-8
> -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 5368709120 Apr 8 01:58 lv_Jup1_var-clone
> 

Does libvirt know about the volume group, as in, is the volume configured as a
libvirt logical pool? If not, virt-manager doesn't know how to do the correct
thing.

Attaching the --debug output when reproducing should confirm.

- Cole