Oracle VM: Fail to start up VM guest: "Error: Device 51712 (vbd) could not be connected." due to "loop: can't get info on device /dev/loop<x>: Stale file handle" (Doc ID 2222836.1)

Last updated on JUNE 19, 2020

Applies to:

Oracle VM - Version 3.3.1 and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later
Private Cloud Appliance - Version 2.3.2 to 2.3.2 [Release 2.0]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Fail to start up VM guest with below error:

Cause

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Oracle VM: Fail to start up VM guest: "Error: Device 51712 (vbd) could not be connected." due to "loop: can't get info on device /dev/loop<x>: Stale file handle" (Doc ID 2222836.1)

Applies to:

Symptoms

Cause

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