Description of problem: I tried exporting a whole disk (/dev/sdb) to guest but virt-manager does not allow that until and unless one partitions the disk (create volumes). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): virt-manager-0.9.0-6.el6 libvirt-0.9.4-11.el6 python-virtinst-0.600.0-3.el6 qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.184.el6.x86_64 #uname -a Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.32-193.el6.x86_64.debug #1 SMP Mon Aug 29 11:43:10 EDT 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Make sure have the second disk /dev/sdb, no partition on this disk. 2. Format this disk with type ext3. 3. Add a new storage pool by vitr-manager GUI choose type "disk:Pysical Disk Device" 4. Click Forward, choose "/dev/sdb" for Source Path. 5. Click Finish button. Actual results: Error creating pool: Could not start storage pool: cannot open volume '/dev/sdb1': No such file or directory Expected results: New storage pool can be added successfully Additional info:
Since RHEL 6.2 External Beta has begun, and this bug remains unresolved, it has been rejected as it is not proposed as exception or blocker. Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to propose this request, if appropriate and relevant, in the next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
I assume this is a libvirt issue, reassigning
I can't reproduce on f23, so closing