Bug 770627 - virt-install should not allow to create image with format=raw in the unmanaged storage
Summary: virt-install should not allow to create image with format=raw in the unmanage...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: python-virtinst
Version: 6.3
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Cole Robinson
QA Contact: Virtualization Bugs
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-12-28 05:41 UTC by Huang Wenlong
Modified: 2013-10-20 21:44 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2012-01-04 18:54:05 UTC
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Description Huang Wenlong 2011-12-28 05:41:59 UTC 
Description of problem:
virt-install should not allow to create image with format=raw  in the unmanaged storage
if format=qcow2 or vmdk  it will show the error :
ERROR    Format cannot be specified for unmanaged storage.
According to man help page of virt-install :
format "Image format to be used if creating managed storage. "


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
python-virtinst-0.600.0-5.el6.noarch
libvirt-0.9.8-1.el6.x86_64

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. run virt-install with format=raw
#virt-install -n test -r 512 -l http://download.englab.nay.redhat.com/pub/rhel/rel-eng/latest-RHEL-6/6.2/Server/x86_64/os/ --disk /tmp/test.img,size=6,format=raw
Starting install...
Retrieving file .treeinfo...                                                    | 3.3 kB     00:00 ...
Retrieving file vmlinuz...
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3.

Actual results:
 start install guest

Expected results:
should not start install guest .should pop up error message like :
ERROR    Format cannot be specified for unmanaged storage.

Additional info:
if format=qcow2 or vmdk 
#virt-install -n test -r 512 -l http://download.englab.nay.redhat.com/pub/rhel/rel-eng/latest-RHEL-6/6.2/Server/x86_64/os/ --disk /tmp/test.img,size=6,format=qcow2
ERROR    Format cannot be specified for unmanaged storage.
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