RHEV-M: "Failed to run VM" error displayed for virtual machine with direct LUN mapping

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

The following errors are displayed when attempting to start a VM:

Failed to run VM <VMNAME> on Host <HYPERVISOR>
VM <VMNAME> is down. Exit message: Bad volume specification {...

Rebooting the hypervisor does not help.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.x
  • direct LUN mapped to VM

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