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KVM - Failed to start domain connection reset by peer | KVM Failed to start domain

October 21st, 2011 No comments

kvmbanner logo2 150x93 KVM Failed to start domain connection reset by peer When using KVM trying to start a virtual machine you could get the error KVM Failed to start domain $DOMAIN. Let’s see what is causing this and how it can be resolved.

KVM – Failed to start domain connection reset by peer

When you shut down a KVM host what happens behind the curtains is that libvirt daemon will try to save the state of the running virtual machine, DOMAIN, so that the next recovery/power on will be faster but this can lead to the Failed to start domain connection reset by peer problem, I personally have noted this behavior on more conservative distributions (namely my Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 laptop) and my Scientific Linux 6.1 boxes but not on my Fedora workstations but cannot give this for granted of course. Read more…

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Virtmanager connect to remote Xen | Unable to open a connection to the libvirt management daemon virtmanager

September 16th, 2011 No comments

kvmbanner logo2 150x93 Virtmanager connect to remote Xen In my work and in my studies I’m more often than not using virtualization to get the job done, most of them time I’m using VMware or KVM together with virtmanager, the latter specifically for preparing to update my RHCE, but my new job requires me to spend a great deal of time dealing with Novell SuSe Enterprise Linux which includes and uses the Xen hypervisor with which I’m not that familiar as I’ve dealt both with Xen and Citrix Xen server in the past but always preferred other types of solutions. Read more…

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