Running virt-viewer will not start VM

Solution Verified - Updated 2013-07-25T20:29:06+00:00 -

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Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4

Issue

• Running virt-viewer with the correct options does not start the VM. It only starts a virt-viewer session with the message "Waiting for guest domain to start"

Resolution

• Virt-viewer cannot start a virtual machine. It can only connect to a running virtual machine, or wait for that virtual machine to run. Use virsh to start VMs from the command line.

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