Why is the vdsm.log filled with messages "VM metrics collection failed" ?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

When starting a VM sometimes in the vdsm log is possible to see the following error message

2018-02-27 17:10:17,998+0100 ERROR (periodic/452) [root] VM metrics collection failed (vmstats:264)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/vdsm/virt/vmstats.py", line 201, in send_metrics
    data[prefix + '.cpu.usage'] = stat['cpuUsage']
KeyError: 'cpuUsage'

Environment

  • Red Hat Virtualization 4.x

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