How do I get the kvm virtual machine status using python API?

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Issue

I'm using the following python code to get information about VM status:

    vmm = libvirt.open('qemu:///system')
    guest = vmm.lookupByName(some_name)
    status = guest.info()[0]

Sometime I get a libvirt exception upon guest.info() execution. Are there are known conditions that prevent libvirt from returning the VM status as expected?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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