RHEV libvirt.libvirtError: Failed to connect socket to '/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock': No such file or directory

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Hypervisors or VMs may be reported as "Non-Responsive" in the RHEV-M admin portal
  • Errors in logs: libvir: XML-RPC error : Failed to connect socket to '/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock': No such file or directory

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0
  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.1
  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.3

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