Error: Unable to get index for interface X: No such device
Issue
- When the server boots up the following message is seen in /var/log/messages:
Sep 2 17:49:03 server NetworkManager[1269]: <info> [1567417743.2114] ifcfg-rh: new connection /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-enp7s0 (b946dc6c-9c05-4ea1-a78e-3c
5482e1af38,"eno2")
Sep 2 17:49:34 server network: Bringing up interface enp7s0: Error: Connection activation failed: No suitable device found for this connection.
Sep 2 17:49:34 server network: [FAILED]
Sep 2 17:49:36 server journal: Unable to get index for interface enp7s0: No such device
Sep 2 17:49:36 server journal: internal error: Failed to autostart VM 'VMName': Unable to get index for interface enp7s0: No such device
Sep 2 17:49:36 server journal: Unable to get index for interface enp7s0: No such device
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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