Journalctl -u libvirtd

journalctl -r -u libvirtd | grep -i error

libvirtd[14189]: 2019-11-21 15:08:13.035+0000: 14192: error : qemuDomainBlockCommit:17568 : invalid argument: top '/path/to/file/VM_NAME.qcow2' in chain for 'hda' has no backing file

Jul 01 20:29:54 XXXX libvirtd[2243]: 2020-07-01 16:29:54.441+0000: 3788: error : qemuDomainObjBeginJobInternal:4945 : Timed out during operation: cannot acquire state change lock (held by remoteDispatchDomainBlockJobAbort)

Related commands

• systemctl

See also

• libvirtd: systemctl status libvirtd, systemctl status libvirt-guests, Libvirt release notes, logs, libvirtd.conf, /etc/libvirt/, /var/log/libvirt/
• KVM, Installation, QEMU, virsh, virtinst, libguestfs-tools, libvirt, qemu, Red Hat Virtualization (RHV), MacVTap, Virtio, oVirt, KVM services, KVM networking, KVM graphics, CPU, KVM on ARM