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Looking for help with "Libvirt Service failed to start."

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Looking for some help with an issue I'm running into after upgrading the some of the hardware on my unraid box (mobo, cpu, ram, cache drive)

 

I was able to get my docker environment back up and running but not my VMs. I attempted to point the VM manager to where the old .img files are with no luck. I did more fiddling around by copying my old libvirt.img file over the new one.

 

That is where I started making things worse and now i receive the "Libvirt Service failed to start." error when going to the VMS tab.

 

Attached is the diag file, thanks so much in advance for any help i receive.

tower-diagnostics-20231231-2056.zip

Solved by JorgeB

  • Solution

Libvirt image you are using is corrupt, you will need to recreate a new one or restore a good backup.

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Thank you!

 

I deleted the Libvirt image and it's working again.

 

For anyone else that comes across this later, here's how to recreate the Libvirt file:

 

Go to Settings -> VM Manager

Turn on Advanced View

Disable VMs

Click the delete checkbox by the Libvirt path

Save

Enable VM again

 

  • 3 months later...
On 1/1/2024 at 8:13 AM, kryonic said:

Thank you!

 

I deleted the Libvirt image and it's working again.

 

For anyone else that comes across this later, here's how to recreate the Libvirt file:

 

Go to Settings -> VM Manager

Turn on Advanced View

Disable VMs

Click the delete checkbox by the Libvirt path

Save

Enable VM again

 

 

So uh... I did this and it uh... removed all my VM's...

 

Probably should throw that in there. :P'

  • 8 months later...


 

On 1/1/2024 at 3:58 AM, JorgeB said:

Libvirt image you are using is corrupt, you will need to recreate a new one or restore a good backup.

What's the best way to do that?

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On 1/1/2024 at 10:13 AM, kryonic said:

Thank you!

 

I deleted the Libvirt image and it's working again.

 

For anyone else that comes across this later, here's how to recreate the Libvirt file:

 

Go to Settings -> VM Manager

Turn on Advanced View

Disable VMs

Click the delete checkbox by the Libvirt path

Save

Enable VM again

 

I did this and deleted all VMs. How can I restore them now using Backup/Restore?

Edited by jackalyn

7 hours ago, jackalyn said:

How can I restore them now using Backup/Restore?

Do you have a backup of libvirt.img?

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