diff --git a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/computing/LibvirtComputingResource.java b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/computing/LibvirtComputingResource.java
index 4d9ceb4bfee..4a99e892251 100644
--- a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/computing/LibvirtComputingResource.java
+++ b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/computing/LibvirtComputingResource.java
@@ -996,15 +996,19 @@ public class LibvirtComputingResource extends ServerResourceBase implements Serv
 	    String volumeName = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
 
 	    if (copyToSecondary) {
+	    	String destVolumeName = volumeName + ".qcow2";
 	    	KVMPhysicalDisk volume = primaryPool.getPhysicalDisk(cmd.getVolumePath());
 	    	String volumeDestPath = "/volumes/" + cmd.getVolumeId() + File.separator;
+	    	secondaryStoragePool = _storagePoolMgr.getStoragePoolByURI(secondaryStorageUrl);
+	    	secondaryStoragePool.createFolder(volumeDestPath);
+	    	secondaryStoragePool.delete();
 	    	secondaryStoragePool = _storagePoolMgr.getStoragePoolByURI(secondaryStorageUrl + volumeDestPath);
-	    	_storagePoolMgr.copyPhysicalDisk(volume, volumeName, secondaryStoragePool);
+	    	_storagePoolMgr.copyPhysicalDisk(volume, destVolumeName, secondaryStoragePool);
 	    	return new CopyVolumeAnswer(cmd, true, null, null, volumeName);
 	    } else {
-	    	volumePath =  "/volumes/" + cmd.getVolumeId() + File.separator + volumePath;
+	    	volumePath =  "/volumes/" + cmd.getVolumeId() + File.separator;
 	    	secondaryStoragePool = _storagePoolMgr.getStoragePoolByURI(secondaryStorageUrl + volumePath);
-	    	KVMPhysicalDisk volume = secondaryStoragePool.getPhysicalDisk(cmd.getVolumePath());
+	    	KVMPhysicalDisk volume = secondaryStoragePool.getPhysicalDisk(cmd.getVolumePath() + ".qcow2");
 	    	_storagePoolMgr.copyPhysicalDisk(volume, volumeName, primaryPool);
 	    	return new CopyVolumeAnswer(cmd, true, null, null, volumeName);
 	    }
diff --git a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/computing/LibvirtStorageVolumeDef.java b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/computing/LibvirtStorageVolumeDef.java
index 7fc6a0df993..11b697dd0cb 100644
--- a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/computing/LibvirtStorageVolumeDef.java
+++ b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/computing/LibvirtStorageVolumeDef.java
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ public class LibvirtStorageVolumeDef {
 		}
 		storageVolBuilder.append("<target>\n");
 		storageVolBuilder.append("<format type='" + _volFormat + "'/>\n");
+		storageVolBuilder.append("<permissions>");
+		storageVolBuilder.append("<mode>0744</mode>");
+		storageVolBuilder.append("</permissions>");
 		storageVolBuilder.append("</target>\n");
 		if (_backingPath != null) {
 			storageVolBuilder.append("<backingStore>\n");
diff --git a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/storage/KVMStoragePool.java b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/storage/KVMStoragePool.java
index 7bdbb2a6a9a..36a088f1610 100644
--- a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/storage/KVMStoragePool.java
+++ b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/storage/KVMStoragePool.java
@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@ public interface KVMStoragePool {
 	public StoragePoolType getType();
 	public boolean delete();
 	PhysicalDiskFormat getDefaultFormat();
+	public boolean createFolder(String path);
 }
diff --git a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/storage/KVMStoragePoolManager.java b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/storage/KVMStoragePoolManager.java
index 6e10ce8eed3..99e62d9aaf2 100644
--- a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/storage/KVMStoragePoolManager.java
+++ b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/storage/KVMStoragePoolManager.java
@@ -74,6 +74,4 @@ public class KVMStoragePoolManager {
 	public KVMPhysicalDisk getPhysicalDiskFromUrl(String url) {
 		return this._storageAdaptor.getPhysicalDiskFromURI(url);
 	}
-	
-	
 }
diff --git a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/storage/LibvirtStorageAdaptor.java b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/storage/LibvirtStorageAdaptor.java
index e729220be3b..5d6bde44f74 100644
--- a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/storage/LibvirtStorageAdaptor.java
+++ b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/storage/LibvirtStorageAdaptor.java
@@ -60,6 +60,15 @@ public class LibvirtStorageAdaptor implements StorageAdaptor {
         _manageSnapshotPath = Script.findScript("scripts/storage/qcow2/", "managesnapshot.sh");
     }
     
+    @Override
+    public boolean createFolder(String uuid, String path) {
+    	String mountPoint = _mountPoint + File.separator + uuid;
+    	File f = new File(mountPoint + path);
+    	if (!f.exists()) {
+    		f.mkdirs();
+    	}
+    	return true;
+    }
     
     public StorageVol getVolume(StoragePool pool, String volName) {
         StorageVol vol = null;
@@ -590,7 +599,6 @@ public class LibvirtStorageAdaptor implements StorageAdaptor {
 		String destPath = newDisk.getPath();
 
 		Script.runSimpleBashScript("qemu-img convert -f " + disk.getFormat() + " -O " + newDisk.getFormat() + " " + sourcePath + " " + destPath); 
-		
 		return newDisk;
 	}
 
@@ -658,5 +666,7 @@ public class LibvirtStorageAdaptor implements StorageAdaptor {
 		
 		return true;
 	}
+
+	
     
 }
diff --git a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/storage/LibvirtStoragePool.java b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/storage/LibvirtStoragePool.java
index cefd93d69aa..7c9cb302959 100644
--- a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/storage/LibvirtStoragePool.java
+++ b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/storage/LibvirtStoragePool.java
@@ -134,4 +134,9 @@ public class LibvirtStoragePool implements KVMStoragePool {
 	public boolean delete() {
 		return this._storageAdaptor.deleteStoragePool(this);
 	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public boolean createFolder(String path) {
+		return this._storageAdaptor.createFolder(this.uuid, path);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/storage/StorageAdaptor.java b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/storage/StorageAdaptor.java
index c966c6ad1b5..f99717a6480 100644
--- a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/storage/StorageAdaptor.java
+++ b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/storage/StorageAdaptor.java
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package com.cloud.agent.storage;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.libvirt.StoragePool;
+
 import com.cloud.agent.storage.KVMPhysicalDisk.PhysicalDiskFormat;
 import com.cloud.storage.Storage.StoragePoolType;
 
@@ -22,5 +24,6 @@ public interface StorageAdaptor {
 	public KVMPhysicalDisk getPhysicalDiskFromURI(String uri);
 	public boolean refresh(KVMStoragePool pool);
 	public boolean deleteStoragePool(KVMStoragePool pool);
+	public boolean createFolder(String uuid, String path);
 
 }