KVM: Virt-clone operation fails with error "unsupported driver name"

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • When I try to clone a file-based hard disk VM to a LVM hard disk VM, I get the following error:
    libvirtError: internal error unsupported driver name 'phy' for disk '/dev/vg001/lv_modelo1'

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • KVM libvirt disk-based VM

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