RHEV: After reboot RHEL hypervisor libvirtd not starting with an error 'initctl: Unknown job: libvirtd'

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

After a reboot, previously working RHEL hypervisors stop working.

> [root@host ~]\# service vdsmd status  
> VDS daemon is not running  
> [root@host ~]\# service vdsmd start  
> vdsm: libvirt already configured for vdsm                  [  OK  ]  
> Starting iscsid:  
> initctl: Unknown job: libvirtd  
> vdsm: one of the dependent services did not start, error co[FAILED]

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 Beta

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