libvirtError: Timed out during operation: cannot acquire state change lock

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Issue

  • After rebooting KVM host,virtual machine will not start and remains in paused state. When attempting to resume, shutdown or force off the VM, the following error is seen:

    Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/engine.py", line 515, in shutdown_domain
    vm.shutdown()
    File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/domain.py", line 567, in shutdown
    self.vm.shutdown()
    File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 662, in shutdown
    if ret == -1: raise libvirtError ('virDomainShutdown() failed', dom=self)
    libvirtError: Timed out during operation: cannot acquire state change lock
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • libvirt

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