diff --git a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/computing/LibvirtComputingResource.java b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/computing/LibvirtComputingResource.java
index 290130010fd..dbcb830e4e2 100644
--- a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/computing/LibvirtComputingResource.java
+++ b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/computing/LibvirtComputingResource.java
@@ -940,13 +940,14 @@ public class LibvirtComputingResource extends ServerResourceBase implements Serv
 	    String secondaryStorageUrl = cmd.getSecondaryStorageURL();
 	    StoragePool primaryPool = null;
 	    Connect conn;
+	    StoragePool secondaryStoragePool = null;
         try {
             conn = LibvirtConnection.getConnection();
             primaryPool = _storageResource.getStoragePool(conn, pool.getUuid());
             LibvirtStoragePoolDef primary = _storageResource.getStoragePoolDef(conn, primaryPool);
             String primaryMountPath = primary.getTargetPath();
             
-            StoragePool secondaryStoragePool = _storageResource.getStoragePoolbyURI(conn, new URI(secondaryStorageUrl));
+            secondaryStoragePool = _storageResource.getStoragePoolbyURI(conn, new URI(secondaryStorageUrl));
             LibvirtStoragePoolDef spd = _storageResource.getStoragePoolDef(conn, secondaryStoragePool);
             String ssPmountPath = spd.getTargetPath();
             
@@ -955,10 +956,10 @@ public class LibvirtComputingResource extends ServerResourceBase implements Serv
             if (copyToSecondary) {
                 StorageVol volume = _storageResource.getVolume(conn, primaryPool, volumePath);
                 String volumeDestPath = ssPmountPath + File.separator + "volumes/" + cmd.getVolumeId() + File.separator;
-                _storageResource.copyVolume(volumePath, volumeDestPath, volumeName, _cmdsTimeout);
+                _storageResource.copyVolume(volumePath, volumeDestPath, volumeName + ".qcow2", _cmdsTimeout);
                 return new CopyVolumeAnswer(cmd, true, null, null, volumeName);
             } else {
-                volumePath = ssPmountPath + File.separator + "volumes/" + cmd.getVolumeId() + File.separator + volumePath;
+                volumePath = ssPmountPath + File.separator + "volumes/" + cmd.getVolumeId() + File.separator + volumePath + ".qcow2";
                 _storageResource.copyVolume(volumePath, primaryMountPath, volumeName, _cmdsTimeout);
                 return new CopyVolumeAnswer(cmd, true, null, null, primaryMountPath + File.separator + volumeName);
             }
diff --git a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/computing/LibvirtStorageResource.java b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/computing/LibvirtStorageResource.java
index 4143d01548c..2388abda8c4 100644
--- a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/computing/LibvirtStorageResource.java
+++ b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/computing/LibvirtStorageResource.java
@@ -391,12 +391,15 @@ public class LibvirtStorageResource {
         if (!_storageLayer.exists(srcPath)) {
             throw new InternalErrorException("volume:" + srcPath + " is not exits");
         }
-        String result = Script.runSimpleBashScript("cp " + srcPath + " " + destPath + File.separator + volumeName, timeout);
+        destPath = destPath + File.separator + volumeName;
+        String result = Script.runSimpleBashScript("qemu-img convert " + srcPath + " " + destPath, timeout);
         if (result != null) {
             return false;
         } else {
-            return true;
+        	result = Script.runSimpleBashScript("chmod 777 " + destPath);
+        	return true;
         }
+        
     }
     
     public LibvirtStoragePoolDef getStoragePoolDef(Connect conn, StoragePool pool) throws LibvirtException {
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/server/ManagementServerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/server/ManagementServerImpl.java
index 527af610ff6..3bb389bf4c9 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/server/ManagementServerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/server/ManagementServerImpl.java
@@ -4375,7 +4375,7 @@ public class ManagementServerImpl implements ManagementServer {
                 _uploadMonitor.extractVolume(uploadJob, sserver, volume, url, zoneId, volumeLocalPath, cmd.getStartEventId(), job.getId(), _asyncMgr);
                 return uploadJob.getId();
             } else { // Volume is copied now make it visible under apache and create a URL.
-                _uploadMonitor.createVolumeDownloadURL(volumeId, volumeLocalPath, Upload.Type.VOLUME, zoneId, uploadJob.getId());
+                _uploadMonitor.createVolumeDownloadURL(volumeId, volumeLocalPath, Upload.Type.VOLUME, zoneId, uploadJob.getId(), getFormatForPool(srcPool));
                 return uploadJob.getId();
             }
         }
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/upload/UploadMonitor.java b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/upload/UploadMonitor.java
index 57144b9f346..8dbd51ee3af 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/upload/UploadMonitor.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/upload/UploadMonitor.java
@@ -56,6 +56,6 @@ public interface UploadMonitor extends Manager{
             VMTemplateHostVO vmTemplateHost, Long dataCenterId, long eventId);
 
     void createVolumeDownloadURL(Long entityId, String path, Type type,
-            Long dataCenterId, Long uploadId);
+            Long dataCenterId, Long uploadId, String volType);
 
 }
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diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/upload/UploadMonitorImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/upload/UploadMonitorImpl.java
index 5eabeced5e8..ac252af8359 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/upload/UploadMonitorImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/upload/UploadMonitorImpl.java
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ public class UploadMonitorImpl implements UploadMonitor {
 	}
 	
 	@Override
-    public void createVolumeDownloadURL(Long entityId, String path, Type type, Long dataCenterId, Long uploadId) {
+    public void createVolumeDownloadURL(Long entityId, String path, Type type, Long dataCenterId, Long uploadId, String volType) {
         
 	    String errorString = "";
 	    boolean success = false;
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ public class UploadMonitorImpl implements UploadMonitor {
                 throw new CloudRuntimeException(errorString);
             }
             // Create Symlink at ssvm
-            String uuid = UUID.randomUUID().toString() + path.substring(path.length() - 4) ; // last 4 characters of the path specify the format like .vhd
+            String uuid = UUID.randomUUID().toString() + "." + volType ;
             HostVO secStorage = ApiDBUtils.findHostById(ApiDBUtils.findUploadById(uploadId).getHostId());
             HostVO ssvm = _agentMgr.getSSAgent(secStorage);
             if( ssvm == null ) {