Why ovirt-guest agent is failing with error "No such file or directory: '/dev/virtio-ports/ovirt-guest-agent.0"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • ovirt-guest agent startup is failing with the below error.
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/dev/virtio-ports/ovirt-guest-agent.0'

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x Guests.
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4.4.

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