Upgrade to virtinst0.600.1-1ubuntu3.2 doesn't solve the problem. # virt-clone -o ubuntu-1204-10G -n omcsvctst01d -f /data/instances/omcsvctst01d.img -d [Fri, 09 Aug 2013 10:53:33 virt-clone 8084] DEBUG (cli:220) Launched with command line: /usr/bin/virt-clone -o ubuntu-1204-10G -n omcsvctst01d -f /data/instances/omcsvctst01d.img -d [Fri, 09 Aug 2013 10:53:33 virt-clone 8084] DEBUG (cli:326) Requesting libvirt URI default [Fri, 09 Aug 2013 10:53:33 virt-clone 8084] DEBUG (cli:328) Received libvirt URI qemu:///system [Fri, 09 Aug 2013 10:53:34 virt-clone 8084] DEBUG (CloneManager:399) Validating original guest parameters [Fri, 09 Aug 2013 10:53:34 virt-clone 8084] DEBUG (CloneManager:408) Original XML: ubuntu-1204-10G 28538012-f2b4-1fa2-acfc-99c0a35c6a78 1048576 1048576 2 hvm destroy restart restart /usr/bin/kvm