KVM guest is not starting on host with error: "error: Activation of org.freedesktop.machine1 timed out".
Issue
- The following error is observed:
$ sudo virsh start <vm_name>
error: Failed to start domain <vm_name>
error: Activation of org.freedesktop.machine1 timed out
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3
- KVM Hypervisor
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