OLVM: Importing VM From OVM to OLVM Using OVA Fails With Error "qemu-img: error while writing sector: No space left on device" (Doc ID 2628260.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 08, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

 Importing VM via OVA Fails With the below Error:

#/var/log/vdsm/import/import-XXXX.log
qemu-img 'convert' '-p' '-n' '-f' 'qcow2' '-O' 'qcow2' '/var/tmp/v2vovl019806.qcow2' 
 '/rhev/data-center/mnt/blockSD/bf221de0-80b4-47d6-a1cf-a7dc7059d159/images/929fda43-aa54-48ca-913f-b5997c527f45/ac583abd-d604-4890-b6f2-52e28a531d09'
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qemu-img: error while writing sector 4849664: No space left on device 

virt-v2v: error: qemu-img command failed, see earlier errors
rm -rf '/var/tmp/ova.H1WU54'
rm -rf '/var/tmp/null.PQGBlb'
libguestfs: trace: vdsm_disk_create: close
libguestfs: closing guestfs handle 0x5577af340790 (state 0)
libguestfs: trace: close
libguestfs: closing guestfs handle 0x5577af340430 (state 0)

(OR)

Fails with the below:

qemu-img: output file is smaller than input file

Ex:
libguestfs: trace: vdsm_disk_create: disk_create "/rhev/data-center/mnt/blockSD/xxx/images/" "raw" 26843545600 "preallocation:full"
libguestfs: disk_create: /rhev/data-center/mnt/blockSD/cc7b8d9d-2f80-40fa-8c51-dc49e3302489/images//: BLKDISCARD failed on this device: Success
libguestfs: trace: vdsm_disk_create: disk_create = 0
qemu-img 'convert' '-p' '-n' '-f' 'qcow2' '-O' 'raw' '-S' '64k' '/var/tmp/v2vovle2de88.qcow2' '/rhev/data-center/mnt/blockSD//images/
(0.00/100%)^Mqemu-img: output file is smaller than input file

Changes

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Cause

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