This error is not reproducible, which matches John Griffith's explanation that cinder now supports creating a volume whose size is greater than the snapshot. The broader issue of enabling the display of cinder messages should be dealt with in a blueprint.
** Changed in: horizon Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Yahoo! Engineering Team, which is subscribed to OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1244831 Title: Reason for Volume creation failures is not displayed Status in Cinder: Invalid Status in OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon): Invalid Bug description: When creating a Volume from Volume Snaphot, a Volume Size larger than the snaphot was specified. Error displays "unable to create volume." , it would be helpful if the exception message is included in the message. This way, the user can adjust the volume sizeto match the snapshot and fix the error. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/cinder/+bug/1244831/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team Post to : yahoo-eng-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp