Unable to start KVM guest

Issue

• KVM guest fails to start with the following error.

Error starting domain: Unable to read from monitor: Connection reset by peer

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 44, in cb_wrapper
callback(asyncjob, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 65, in tmpcb
callback(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/domain.py", line 1125, in startup
self._backend.create()
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 686, in create
if ret == -1: raise libvirtError ('virDomainCreate() failed', dom=self)
libvirtError: Unable to read from monitor: Connection reset by peer