Thanks for submitting this bug. I'm marking it high priority as it fits 'severe impact on a small number of users'.
The problem appears to be that the logical volume is slow in coming up, such that libvirt starts before the udev creates its device node. Working around this in your particular case should be pretty easy, but a general fix will be harder. To work around it in your case, please try adding the following to your /etc/init/libvirt-bin.conf file, at the end of the 'pre-start script' section: while [ ! -e /dev/vg_default/lv_robot-pv0 ]; do sleep 1s done So, for instance, the pre-start script section would probably become: pre-start script [ -r /etc/default/libvirt-bin ] && . /etc/default/libvirt-bin [ ! "x$start_libvirtd" = "xyes" ] && { stop; exit 0; } mkdir -p /var/run/libvirt # Clean up a pidfile that might be left around rm -f /var/run/libvirtd.pid date >> /var/log/libvirt-upstart echo $$ >> /var/log/libvirt-upstart cat /proc/self/cmdline >> /var/log/libvirt-upstart cat /proc/self/cgroup >> /var/log/libvirt-upstart while [ ! -e /dev/vg_default/lv_robot-pv0 ]; do sleep 1s done end script Please let us know if that does not work around your problem for now. ** Changed in: libvirt (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/893450 Title: KVM guest fails to autostart sometimes with virSecurityDACRestoreSecurityFileLabel error To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/+bug/893450/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs