VM start fails with error: Message: VM vm-name-001 is down with error. Exit message: invalid argument: Backing file

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Issue

  • After shutting down the vm, cannot start the vm UP again, getting error as:
Message: VM vm-name-001 is down with error. Exit message: invalid argument: Backing file '../f49e640a-b22c-4ca9-912a-3dc719bad062/28739ce1-49ba-4756-a57f-bb84fe7dfa9e' of image '/rhev/data-center/00000002-0002-0002-0002-00000000033c/2c428844-0a66-4c3c-b013-5c48a5e281ce/images/f49e640a-b22c-4ca9-912a-3dc719bad062/2c80f3ad-0f67-4afa-b099-7962d487cffb' is missing..

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.5

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