Trying to start VM encounters "Cannot run VM. VM is running" although the VM is showing as down in the RHEVM GUI
Issue
- Can't start VM and popup window says "Cannot run VM. VM is running", however the VM status is Down in the RHEVM GUI
- VM isn't running on any of the hypervisors either
- Seeing this message in /var/log/ovirt-engine/engine.log:
2013-12-02 19:00:53,674 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.IsVmDuringInitiatingVDSCommand] (http-/0.0.0.0:8443-6) START, IsVmDuringInitiatingVDSCommand( vmId = 55e63ccf-851d-4353-9354-a3132bfac8af), log id: 69c894f6
2013-12-02 19:00:53,674 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.IsVmDuringInitiatingVDSCommand] (http-/0.0.0.0:8443-6) FINISH, IsVmDuringInitiatingVDSCommand, return: true, log id: 69c894f6
2013-12-02 19:00:53,675 WARN [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.RunVmCommand] (http-/0.0.0.0:8443-6) CanDoAction of action RunVm failed. Reasons:VAR__ACTION__RUN,VAR__TYPE__VM,ACTION_TYPE_FAILED_VM_IS_RUNNING
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.2
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