Migrating a VM to or starting a VM on one specific RHEV host fails with "Unable to read from monitor: Connection reset by peer"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • A VM fails to start on one specific host.

  • This VM also cannot be migrated to this host.

  • Tit can be started on and migrated to other hosts.

  • Other VMs can be migrated to and started on this host.

  • Error reported in the Event Log in the Admin Portal;

VM abc is down. Exit message: Unable to read from monitor: Connection reset by peer.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) 3.x

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