'rhn-profile-sync' or 'rhnreg_ks' commands gives error "libvirt.libvirtError: no connection driver available"

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Issue

  • Updating a client profile or registering a client gives error "libvir: error : no connection driver available"

  • rhn-profile-sync:

> Updating package profile...  
> Updating hardware profile...  
> Updating virtualization profile...  
> libvir: error : no connection driver available  
> Warning: Could not retrieve virtualization information!  
>         libvirtd service needs to be running.
  • rhnreg_ks:
rhnreg_ks --username <RHN or Satellite username> --password <password> --force 

libvir: error : no connection driver available An error has occurred:

libvirt.libvirtError

See /var/log/up2date for more information:

File "/usr/sbin/rhnreg_ks", line 227, in ?

    cli.run()

  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rhncli.py", line 66, in run

    sys.exit(self.main() or 0)

  File "/usr/sbin/rhnreg_ks", line 178, in main

    rhnreg.sendVirtInfo(systemId)

  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rhnreg.py", line 674, in sendVirtInfo

    support.refresh()

  File "/usr/share/rhn/virtualization/support.py", line 51, in refresh

    if _is_host_domain():

  File "/usr/share/rhn/virtualization/support.py", line 161, in _is_host_domain

    conn = libvirt.open(None)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 169, in open

    if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virConnectOpen() failed')

libvirt.libvirtError: no connection driver available

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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