diff --git a/cloudcontrol/node/hypervisor/__init__.py b/cloudcontrol/node/hypervisor/__init__.py
index 37f5a604962dab2c09307c1af5a9cd1cf0d86f20..d5607e7ba317d8bc259b4b12093a867e1d3af4ec 100644
--- a/cloudcontrol/node/hypervisor/__init__.py
+++ b/cloudcontrol/node/hypervisor/__init__.py
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ class Handler(HostHandler):
 
         # unregister tags that will be re registered later
         for storage in self.hypervisor.storage.storages:
+            if storage.name.startswith('_'):
+                continue  # Ignore internal storages
             self.tag_db.remove_tags((
                 'sto%s_state' % storage,
                 'sto%s_size' % storage,
diff --git a/cloudcontrol/node/hypervisor/domains/__init__.py b/cloudcontrol/node/hypervisor/domains/__init__.py
index 958d6ad6b8edc57b005eb17083bd6f353a118e65..0c7148012e8d41ee0f0aec331abf3d6c3449e6a0 100644
--- a/cloudcontrol/node/hypervisor/domains/__init__.py
+++ b/cloudcontrol/node/hypervisor/domains/__init__.py
@@ -286,6 +286,9 @@ class VirtualMachine(object):
                 pool = d.find('source').get('pool')
                 vol = d.find('source').get('volume')
                 volume = self.hypervisor.storage.get_volume_by_pool(pool, vol)
+            elif type_ == 'network':
+                vol = d.find('source').get('name')
+                volume = self.hypervisor.storage.get_volume_by_pool('_standalone', vol)
             else:
                 continue
 
@@ -600,6 +603,8 @@ class VirtualMachine(object):
 
         # Refresh shared pools on the destination to avoid unknown volumes:
         for pool_name in shared_pools:
+            if pool_name.startswith('_'):
+                continue  # Ignore internal storages
             pool = dconn.storagePoolLookupByName(pool_name)
             pool.refresh()
 
diff --git a/cloudcontrol/node/hypervisor/lib.py b/cloudcontrol/node/hypervisor/lib.py
index 4e72409d459edcc42d8cd529a6f6539f9f583fba..14ac39f3d20b23c862eb1cb8a8d71008115375bc 100644
--- a/cloudcontrol/node/hypervisor/lib.py
+++ b/cloudcontrol/node/hypervisor/lib.py
@@ -346,6 +346,10 @@ class StorageIndex(object):
                     Tag('sto%s_shared' % s.name, partial(lambda x: {True: 'yes', False: 'no'}[s.is_shared], s)),
                 ))
 
+        # Add a special storage for standalone drives:
+        if '_standalone' not in self.storages:
+            self.storages['_standalone'] = DummyStorage('_standalone')
+
         self.update_path_index()
 
     def update_path_index(self):
@@ -510,6 +514,32 @@ class SharedStorage(Storage):
         pass  # Do nothing.
 
 
+class DummyStorage(Storage):
+    """Dummy storage abstraction."""
+
+    def __init__(self, name, shared=True):
+        """
+        :param lv_storage: Libvirt pool storage instance
+        """
+        self.uuid = None
+        self.name = name
+        self.shared = shared
+
+        self.state, self.capacity = None, None
+        self.allocation, self.available = None, None
+
+        self.type = 'dummy'
+
+        self.volumes = DummyStorageVolumeDispenser(self)
+
+    @property
+    def is_shared(self):
+        return self.shared
+
+    def update(self, retry=1):
+        pass  # Do nothing
+
+
 class Volume(object):
     """Volume abstraction."""
     def __init__(self, storage, lv_volume):