Comment 2 for bug 1354263

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Nobuto Murata (nobuto) wrote :

Explicitly setting sparse=true makes "--force" takes effect.

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$ virt-install --noautoconsole --name test --ram 512 --boot hd --disk pool=default,size=2048,format=qcow2,sparse=true
WARNING The requested volume capacity will exceed the available pool space when the volume is fully allocated. (2097152 M requested capacity > 41166 M available)
ERROR The requested volume capacity will exceed the available pool space when the volume is fully allocated. (2097152 M requested capacity > 41166 M available) (Use --force to override)

$ virt-install --noautoconsole --name test --ram 512 --boot hd --disk pool=default,size=2048,format=qcow2,sparse=true --force
WARNING The requested volume capacity will exceed the available pool space when the volume is fully allocated. (2097152 M requested capacity > 41166 M available)

Starting install...
Allocating 'test.qcow2' | 2.0 TB 00:07
Creating domain... | 0 B 00:00
Domain creation completed. You can restart your domain by running:
  virsh --connect qemu:///system start test