Virsh start

virsh start VM_MACHINE_NAME
Domain VM_MACHINE_NAME started

virsh start VM_MACHINE_NAME --console

virsh --connect qemu:///system start  VM_MACHINE_NAME

error: internal error: process exited while connecting to monitor: 2020-09-24T09:20:37.260753Z qemu-system-x86_64: -blockdev {"node-name":"libvirt-1-format","read-only":false,"driver":"qcow2","file":"libvirt-1-storage","backing":null}: Failed to get "write" lock
Solution: use lsof or fuser and verify you do not have storage device duplicated in xml vm definition file.

Related terms

• virsh --connect
• virt-install
• virsh console
• virsh net-start and virsh pool-start
• virsh autostart
• virsh define
• Logs: /var/log/libvirt/qemu
• Docker: Start configuration behavior and restart policy

See also

• 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
• virsh: Storage information, Connecting, Operations, Memory, Snapshots, Networking, CPU, release notes, virsh nodedev-list
• Changing VM running status operations: start, shutdown, destroy, reboot, reset, resume