libvirt users - Jun 2014 - transient domain in virsh list as shut off

<font size=2 face="sans-serif">We have just seen libvirt ending
up in
an inconsistent state : a shut off transient domain.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">&nbsp;</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Has anyone seen this
before ?</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">We had a defined domain
in shut off
state</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">then</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">virsh shutdown domain
&amp; &nbsp; #
note this is sent to the background</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">virsh domstate
domain</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">virsh destroy
domain</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">at this point
libvirtd.log reported</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">2014-06-05
00:47:52.000+0000: 10063:
warning : qemuDomainObjBeginJobInternal:839 : Cannot start job (modify,
none) for domain aspn-testapp5-Na6r; current job is (modify, none) owned
by (10060, 0)</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">subsequently,
</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">virsh undefine
domain</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">-&gt; then
succeeded (exit 0) </font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">but now virsh list
still reports it
:</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">virsh # list
--all</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">&nbsp;Id &nbsp;
&nbsp;Name &nbsp; &nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
State</font>
<br><font size=2
face="sans-serif">----------------------------------------------------</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">&nbsp;104
&nbsp; aspn-testapp5-Na6r
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; shut
off</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">and it cannot be
undefined any more
as it is considered transient.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">virsh # undefine
aspn-testapp5-Na6r</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">error: Failed to
undefine domain aspn-testapp5-Na6r</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">error: Requested
operation is not valid:
cannot undefine transient domain</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Compiled against
library: libvirt 0.10.2</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Using library: libvirt
0.10.2</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Using API: QEMU
0.10.2</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Running hypervisor:
QEMU 0.12.1</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">running on RHEL 6.2
updated with RHEL
6.4 packages : libvirt.x86_64 0.10.2-18.el6_4.9</font>
<br>
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