The vol-dumpxml shows the volume target format type as raw for encrypted volumes. The error message when attempting to resize with prealloc is confusing here. Signed-off-by: Shivaprasad G Bhat <sbhat(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt; --- src/storage/storage_util.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/storage/storage_util.c b/src/storage/storage_util.c index 42a9b6abf0..2abedb24b0 100644 --- a/src/storage/storage_util.c +++ b/src/storage/storage_util.c @@ -2343,7 +2343,7 @@ virStorageBackendVolResizeLocal(virStoragePoolObjPtr pool, } else if (vol->target.format == VIR_STORAGE_FILE_RAW && vol->target.encryption) { if (pre_allocate) { virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_UNSUPPORTED, "%s", - _("preallocate is only supported for raw " + _("preallocate is only supported for unencrypted raw " "type volume")); return -1; }