RHV : VM failed to start on AMD CPU with "Host CPU does not provide required features: monitor" error

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

With the following setup

  • RHV/KVM AMD host based on RHEL8
  • L1 VM based on RHEL-7

Starting a L2 VM inside the L1 RHEL-7 VM fails with following error

libvirtError: the CPU is incompatible with host CPU: Host CPU does not provide required features: monitor

Environment

  • Red Hat Virtualization 4.4
  • KVM

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