Hi all, According to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=830056#c5, i think we should talk about this: Description If pool environment is not built, pool-create/pool-create-as will always fail. I think pool-create should build the pool. Version qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6.x86_64 kernel-2.6.32-276.el6.x86_64 libvirt-0.9.10-21.el6.x86_64 Steps For example: dir pool virsh # pool-create dirpool.xml error: Failed to create pool from dirpool.xml error: cannot open path '/var/lib/libvirt/dir': No such file or directory disk pool virsh # pool-create diskpool.xml error: Failed to create pool from diskpool.xml error: internal error Child process (/usr/libexec/libvirt_parthelper /dev/sdb) status unexpected: exit status 2 fs pool virsh # pool-create fspool.xml error: Failed to create pool from fspool.xml error: internal error Child process (/bin/mount -t ext4 /dev/sda7 /var/lib/libvirt/images/fspool) status unexpected: exit status 32 Steps are the same of other pools -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list