rhn-virtualization-host packages installed on non-Xen RHEL 5 system during RHN registration or update resulting in errors about poller.py

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Following error mails sent periodically by cron  (/etc/cron.d/rhn-virtualization.cron):
"Cron <root@hostname> python /usr/share/rhn/virtualization/poller.py"
...
libvir: Remote error : unable to connect to '/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock': No such file or directory
No such file or directory

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3+
  • non-Xen kernel
  • rhn-virtualization-host, rhn-virtualization-common, libvirt packages installed

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