Guest CPU doesn't match specification: missing features: vmx

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Trying to live migrate a VM fails with the message libvirtError: operation failed: guest CPU doesn't match specification: missing features: vmx

  • The following message can be seen in vdsm logs:

libvirtError: operation failed: guest CPU doesn't match specification: missing features: vmx
2018-11-29 19:37:53,832-0800 INFO  (jsonrpc/2) [api.virt] START getMigrationStatus() from=::ffff:192.168.0.100,58268, vmId=6bce3745-d2e6-4f29-bc60-9b7e910ff005 (api:46)
  • All hypervisors in cluster have the vmx CPU flag enabled.

Environment

  • Red Hat Virtualization 4.2

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