diff --git a/pkg/apis/image/consts.go b/pkg/apis/image/consts.go
index c154e1c840..e483f6fc03 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/image/consts.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/image/consts.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ const (
 	//
 	IMAGE_STATUS_QUEUED     = "queued"
 	IMAGE_STATUS_SAVING     = "saving"
+	IMAGE_STATUS_SAVE_FAIL  = "save_fail"
 	IMAGE_STATUS_ACTIVE     = "active"
 	IMAGE_STATUS_CONVERTING = "converting"
 
diff --git a/pkg/image/models/image_subs.go b/pkg/image/models/image_subs.go
index 9053d72ab2..23e00de038 100644
--- a/pkg/image/models/image_subs.go
+++ b/pkg/image/models/image_subs.go
@@ -244,7 +244,13 @@ func (self *SImageSubformat) RemoveFiles() error {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
-	return RemoveImage(self.Location)
+	if err := RemoveImage(self.Location); err != nil {
+		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "no such file or directory") {
+			return nil
+		}
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 type SImageSubformatDetails struct {
@@ -290,7 +296,7 @@ func (self *SImageSubformat) isTorrentActive() bool {
 	return isActive(self.getLocalTorrentLocation(), self.TorrentSize, self.TorrentChecksum, "", false)
 }
 
-func (self *SImageSubformat) setStatus(status string) error {
+func (self *SImageSubformat) SetStatus(status string) error {
 	_, err := db.Update(self, func() error {
 		self.Status = status
 		return nil
@@ -310,7 +316,7 @@ func (self *SImageSubformat) checkStatus(useFast bool) {
 	if strings.HasPrefix(self.Location, LocalFilePrefix) {
 		if self.isActive(useFast) {
 			if self.Status != api.IMAGE_STATUS_ACTIVE {
-				self.setStatus(api.IMAGE_STATUS_ACTIVE)
+				self.SetStatus(api.IMAGE_STATUS_ACTIVE)
 			}
 			if len(self.FastHash) == 0 {
 				fastHash, err := fileutils2.FastCheckSum(self.GetLocalLocation())
@@ -328,7 +334,7 @@ func (self *SImageSubformat) checkStatus(useFast bool) {
 			}
 		} else {
 			if self.Status != api.IMAGE_STATUS_QUEUED {
-				self.setStatus(api.IMAGE_STATUS_QUEUED)
+				self.SetStatus(api.IMAGE_STATUS_QUEUED)
 			}
 		}
 		if self.isTorrentActive() {
diff --git a/pkg/image/models/storage.go b/pkg/image/models/storage.go
index 5f2d7ab656..b40d7f966f 100644
--- a/pkg/image/models/storage.go
+++ b/pkg/image/models/storage.go
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ func Init(storageBackend string) {
 }
 
 type Storage interface {
+	Type() string
 	SaveImage(string) (string, error)
 	CleanTempfile(string) error
 	GetImage(string) (int64, io.ReadCloser, error)
@@ -90,6 +91,10 @@ type Storage interface {
 
 type LocalStorage struct{}
 
+func (s *LocalStorage) Type() string {
+	return "local"
+}
+
 func (s *LocalStorage) SaveImage(imagePath string) (string, error) {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", LocalFilePrefix, imagePath), nil
 }
@@ -125,6 +130,10 @@ func imagePathToName(imagePath string) string {
 	return segs[len(segs)-1]
 }
 
+func (s *S3Storage) Type() string {
+	return "s3"
+}
+
 func (s *S3Storage) SaveImage(imagePath string) (string, error) {
 	return s3.Put(imagePath, imagePathToName(imagePath))
 }
diff --git a/pkg/image/tasks/image_convert_task.go b/pkg/image/tasks/image_convert_task.go
index 5b3f19287d..d7eee82c08 100644
--- a/pkg/image/tasks/image_convert_task.go
+++ b/pkg/image/tasks/image_convert_task.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package tasks
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
 	"yunion.io/x/jsonutils"
@@ -72,9 +73,14 @@ func (self *PutImageTask) OnInit(ctx context.Context, obj db.IStandaloneModel, d
 	if strings.HasPrefix(image.Location, models.LocalFilePrefix) {
 		imagePath := image.GetLocalLocation()
 		image.SetStatus(self.UserCred, api.IMAGE_STATUS_SAVING, "save image to specific storage")
-		location, err := models.GetStorage().SaveImage(imagePath)
+		storage := models.GetStorage()
+		location, err := storage.SaveImage(imagePath)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Errorf("Failed save image to specific storage %s", err)
+			errStr := fmt.Sprintf("save image to storage %s: %v", storage.Type(), err)
+			image.SetStatus(self.UserCred, api.IMAGE_STATUS_SAVE_FAIL, errStr)
+			self.SetStageFailed(ctx, jsonutils.NewString(errStr))
+			return
 		} else if location != image.Location {
 			_, err = db.Update(image, func() error {
 				image.Location = location
@@ -117,9 +123,14 @@ func (self *PutImageTask) OnInit(ctx context.Context, obj db.IStandaloneModel, d
 			}
 		} else {
 			imagePath := subimgs[i].GetLocalLocation()
+			storage := models.GetStorage()
 			location, err := models.GetStorage().SaveImage(imagePath)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Errorf("Failed save image to sepcific storage %s", err)
+				errStr := fmt.Sprintf("save sub image %s to storage %s: %v", subimgs[i].Format, storage.Type(), err)
+				subimgs[i].SetStatus(api.IMAGE_STATUS_SAVE_FAIL)
+				self.SetStageFailed(ctx, jsonutils.NewString(errStr))
+				return
 			} else if subimgs[i].Location != location {
 				_, err := db.Update(&subimgs[i], func() error {
 					subimgs[i].Location = location