Your message dated Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:43:09 +0200
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and subject line virt-manager allows to set the storage format
has caused the Debian Bug report #594966,
regarding virt-manager: Silently labels existing disk images as 'raw'
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: virt-manager
Version: 0.8.4-7
Severity: normal
Virt manager allows you to attach an existing disk image to a virtual
machine, but does not allow the user to specify the file format; it
creates XML files that specify "driver='raw'" regardless of the image
format.
Previous versions omitted the 'driver' attribute, and libvirt appeared
to determine the format at run time; however the current Squeeze version
of libvirt-bin (0.8.3-1) appears to assume 'raw' files if no 'driver'
attribute is present.
Virt-manager should allow us to use existing non-raw (e.g., qcow2) images,
by (e.g.) providing a listbox of supported file formats when adding an
existing disk image to a VM, and populating the 'driver' attribute
accordingly.
Thanks,
John.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.35-0briar (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages virt-manager depends on:
ii gconf2 2.28.1-3 GNOME configuration database syste
ii librsvg2-common 2.26.3-1 SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii python 2.6.5-13 interactive high-level object-orie
ii python-dbus 0.83.1-1 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii python-glade2 2.17.0-4 GTK+ bindings: Glade support
ii python-gnome2 2.28.1-1 Python bindings for the GNOME desk
ii python-gtk-vnc 0.4.1-2 A VNC viewer widget for GTK+ (Pyth
ii python-gtk2 2.17.0-4 Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
ii python-libvirt 0.8.3-1 libvirt Python bindings
ii python-support 1.0.9 automated rebuilding support for P
ii python-urlgrabber 3.9.1-4 A high-level cross-protocol url-gr
ii python-vte 1:0.24.3-1 Python bindings for the VTE widget
ii virtinst 0.500.3-2 Programs to create and clone virtu
Versions of packages virt-manager recommends:
ii gnome-icon-theme 2.30.3-1 GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii libvirt-bin 0.8.3-1 the programs for the libvirt libra
Versions of packages virt-manager suggests:
ii ssh-askpass 1:1.2.4.1-9 under X, asks user for a passphras
ii virt-viewer 0.2.1-1 Displaying the graphical console o
-- no debconf information
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Version: virt-manager/0.9.3-1
Hi,
recent versions allow to set the storage format when attaching a disk.
Cheers,
-- Guido
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