Starting KVM VMs are failing with error "Unable to read from monitor: Connection reset by peer"

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Issue

  • Why starting KVM VMs are failing with error Unable to read from monitor: Connection reset by peer.
  • Below error is logged in the qemu log
qemu: warning: error while loading state section id 3
load of migration failed

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2.

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