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[Bhasker C V]

Hi,
 I have tried that too and that did not help either (i.e adding the format
type=gpt)
The output you requested

```
$ sudo  qemu-img info --backing-chain /var/virt/WINDOWS/WIN11
image: /var/virt/WINDOWS/WIN11
file format: qcow2
virtual size: 60 GiB (64424509440 bytes)
disk size: 55.1 GiB
cluster_size: 65536
backing file: WIN11-BASE (actual path: /var/virt/WINDOWS/WIN11-BASE)
backing file format: raw
Format specific information:
    compat: 1.1
    compression type: zlib
    lazy refcounts: false
    refcount bits: 16
    corrupt: false
    extended l2: false
Child node '/file':
    filename: /var/virt/WINDOWS/WIN11
    protocol type: file
    file length: 55.1 GiB (59202338816 bytes)
    disk size: 55.1 GiB

image: /var/virt/WINDOWS/WIN11-BASE
file format: raw
virtual size: 60 GiB (64424509440 bytes)
disk size: 26.5 GiB
Child node '/file':
    filename: /var/virt/WINDOWS/WIN11-BASE
    protocol type: file
    file length: 60 GiB (64424509440 bytes)
    disk size: 26.5 GiB
```

On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 2:52 PM Peter Krempa <pkrempa at redhat.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 10:50:07 +0100, Bhasker C V wrote:
> > Attaching win11.xml
> > Please note that this used to work fine. It is failing now on libvirt-
> > 9.7.0-1
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 9:13 AM Peter Krempa <pkrempa at redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 09:05:43 +0100, Bhasker C V wrote:
> > > > Adding libvirt mailing list
> > > > apologies for cross-posting
> > > > libvirt version: 9.7.0-1
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 8:39 AM john doe <johndoe65534 at mail.com>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On 9/21/23 09:32, Bhasker C V wrote:
> > > > > > I am getting an error with libivrt when I create a VM
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ```
> > > > > >   $ sudo virsh create ./win11.xml
> > >
> > > Please attach the XML used here. It comes from a code path which
> > > shouldn't be possible to reach.
> > >
> > > > > > error: Failed to create domain from ./win11.xml
> > > > > > error: internal error: mishandled storage format 'none'
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ```
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This is after I have done a dist-upgrade (was working fine
> before)
> > > > > > debian trixie.
> > >
> > > Which version did you have before?
> > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > error message says
> > > > > > qemuBlockStorageSourceGetBlockdevFormatProps:1227 : internal
> error:
> > > > > > mishandled storage format 'none'
> > >
> > >
>
> >   <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
> >   <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
> >   <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
> >   <pm>
> >     <suspend-to-mem enabled='no'/>
> >     <suspend-to-disk enabled='no'/>
> >   </pm>
> >   <devices>
> >     <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator>
> >     <disk type='file' device='disk'>
> >       <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='unsafe'/>
> >       <source file='/var/virt/WINDOWS/WIN11' index='2'/>
> >       <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
> >     </disk>
>
> Could you please also attach the output of:
>
>   qemu-img info --backing-chain '/var/virt/WINDOWS/WIN11'
>
>
> >     <disk type="file" device="disk">
> >       <driver name="qemu" type="raw" cache="unsafe"/>
> >       <source file="/var/virt/WINDOWS/DUMMY">
> >         <format type='gpt'/>
> >       </source>
> >       <target dev="vdb" bus="virtio"/>
> >     </disk>
>
> In the definition I don't see anything that would hint that anything
> with the disk config is broken, for qcow2 volumes we do auto-detection
> of backing images, thus the request for the output of the command above.
>
>
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