Thanks. I’ll be looking for the patch. Lyssa > On Oct 30, 2014, at 03:03, Peter Krempa <pkrempa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 10/30/14 01:15, Lyssa P. Livingston wrote: >> I have a file with an ceph-based backing store. I run this command: >> >> nova boot vm-clone >> >> where vm-clone is the rbd-backed file. It generates this command: >> >> qemu-img create -f qcow2 -b rbd:rbdpool/disk/instance-00000002.0.disk:conf=/etc/ceph/ceph.conf:id=admin -F raw /mnt/novadisk/nova/instances/3efa8a7b-75a8-4695-8fdd-659185c46b7d/disk >> >> and I am getting this error: >> >> error: internal error: backing store parser is not implemented for protocol rbd > > Libvirt is parsing the information saved in the backing store field of > an image to re-create the backing chain structure in memory. > Unfortunately I didn't implement all the possible formats for this as > there's a lot of them and one of the missing pieces is the colon syntax > for RBD volumes. > > I'll try to come up with a patch for this that will allow to recognize > the RBD volume as a remote one where libvirt isn't able to access it and > allow to start the VM. > >> >> I was under the impression that qemu could work with ceph-based backing stores, so is there something I should run first, or files that I should patch, or ... ??? I am running libvirt 1.2.9. Thanks for any assistance you can provide. > > Qemu is able to handle those. Libvirt currently doesn't support the syntax. > >> >> Lyssa >> > > > Peter > >> -- >> libvir-list mailing list >> libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list >> > > -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list