KVM guest will not start with error "Unable to read from monitor: Connection reset by peer"
Issue
- KVM guest will not start with
virsh start <guestname>
. This errors with the output
Error polling connection 'qemu:///system': Unable to read from monitor:
Connection reset by peer
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 (virtualization host)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 (virtual guest)
- KVM Virtualization
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