Unable to start guest XEN VM ("Error creating domain: Disk isn't accessible")

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Issue

When trying to start my XEN VM, I get the following error:

# virsh start myguest
error: Failed to start domain myguest
error: POST operation failed: xend_post: error from xen daemon: (xend.err "Error creating domain: Disk isn't accessible")

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9
  • XEN Virtualization

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