Hi Dan, What do you think of this for the disk XML specifying what to do on error: <disk type='file' device='disk'> <source file='/storage/guest_disks/libgdu'/> <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/> <on_err rerror='stop' werror='stop'/> </disk> Dave -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list