So only two things that jump out are just 1) ovirt-ha-agent not starting... back to python sillyness that I have no idea on debug [root@medusa ~]# systemctl status ovirt-ha-agent.service ● ovirt-ha-agent.service - oVirt Hosted Engine High Availability Monitoring Agent Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/ovirt-ha-agent.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2021-01-15 11:54:52 EST; 6s ago Process: 16116 ExecStart=/usr/share/ovirt-hosted-engine-ha/ovirt-ha-agent (code=exited, status=157) Main PID: 16116 (code=exited, status=157) [root@medusa ~]# tail /var/log/messages Jan 15 11:55:02 medusa systemd[1]: Started oVirt Hosted Engine High Availability Monitoring Agent. Jan 15 11:55:02 medusa journal[16137]: ovirt-ha-agent ovirt_hosted_engine_ha.agent.hosted_engine.HostedEngine ERROR Failed to start necessary monitors Jan 15 11:55:02 medusa journal[16137]: ovirt-ha-agent ovirt_hosted_engine_ha.agent.agent.Agent ERROR Traceback (most recent call last):#012 File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ovirt_hosted_engine_ha/lib/brokerlink.py", line 85, in start_monitor#012 response = self._proxy.start_monitor(type, options)#012 File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/xmlrpc/client.py", line 1112, in __call__#012 return self.__send(self.__name, args)#012 File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/xmlrpc/client.py", line 1452, in __request#012 verbose=self.__verbose#012 File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/xmlrpc/client.py", line 1154, in request#012 return self.single_request(host, handler, request_body, verbose)#012 File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/xmlrpc/client.py", line 1166, in single_request#012 http_conn = self.send_request(host, handler, request_body, verbose)#012 File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/xmlrpc/client.py", line 1279, in send_request#012 self.send_content(connection, request_body)#012 File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/xmlrpc/client.py", line 1309, in send_content#012 connection.endheaders(request_body)#012 File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/http/client.py", line 1264, in endheaders#012 self._send_output(message_body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)#012 File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/http/client.py", line 1040, in _send_output#012 self.send(msg)#012 File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/http/client.py", line 978, in send#012 self.connect()#012 File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ovirt_hosted_engine_ha/lib/unixrpc.py", line 74, in connect#012 self.sock.connect(base64.b16decode(self.host))#012FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory#012#012During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:#012#012Traceback (most recent call last):#012 File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ovirt_hosted_engine_ha/agent/agent.py", line 131, in _run_agent#012 return action(he)#012 File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ovirt_hosted_engine_ha/agent/agent.py", line 55, in action_proper#012 return he.start_monitoring()#012 File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ovirt_hosted_engine_ha/agent/hosted_engine.py", line 437, in start_monitoring#012 self._initialize_broker()#012 File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ovirt_hosted_engine_ha/agent/hosted_engine.py", line 561, in _initialize_broker#012 m.get('options', {}))#012 File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ovirt_hosted_engine_ha/lib/brokerlink.py", line 91, in start_monitor#012 ).format(t=type, o=options, e=e)#012ovirt_hosted_engine_ha.lib.exceptions.RequestError: brokerlink - failed to start monitor via ovirt-ha-broker: [Errno 2] No such file or directory, [monitor: 'network', options: {'addr': '172.16.100.1', 'network_test': 'dns', 'tcp_t_address': '', 'tcp_t_port': ''}] Jan 15 11:55:02 medusa journal[16137]: ovirt-ha-agent ovirt_hosted_engine_ha.agent.agent.Agent ERROR Trying to restart agent Jan 15 11:55:02 medusa systemd[1]: ovirt-ha-agent.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=157/n/a Jan 15 11:55:02 medusa systemd[1]: ovirt-ha-agent.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Jan 15 11:55:05 medusa upsmon[1530]: Poll UPS [nutmonitor@172.16.100.102] failed - [nutmonitor] does not exist on server 172.16.100.102 Jan 15 11:55:06 medusa vdsm[14589]: WARN unhandled write event Jan 15 11:55:08 medusa vdsm[14589]: WARN unhandled close event Jan 15 11:55:10 medusa upsmon[1530]: Poll UPS [nutmonitor@172.16.100.102] failed - [nutmonitor] does not exist on server 172.16.100.102 2) Notes about vdsmd host engine "setup not finished"... but this may be issue of ha-agent as source [root@medusa ~]# systemctl status vdsmd.service ● vdsmd.service - Virtual Desktop Server Manager Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/vdsmd.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: active (running) since Fri 2021-01-15 11:49:27 EST; 6min ago Main PID: 14589 (vdsmd) Tasks: 72 (limit: 410161) Memory: 77.8M CGroup: /system.slice/vdsmd.service ├─14589 /usr/bin/python3 /usr/share/vdsm/vdsmd ├─14686 /usr/libexec/ioprocess --read-pipe-fd 43 --write-pipe-fd 42 --max-threads 10 --max-queued-requests 10 ├─14691 /usr/libexec/ioprocess --read-pipe-fd 46 --write-pipe-fd 43 --max-threads 10 --max-queued-requests 10 ├─14698 /usr/libexec/ioprocess --read-pipe-fd 51 --write-pipe-fd 50 --max-threads 10 --max-queued-requests 10 ├─14705 /usr/libexec/ioprocess --read-pipe-fd 57 --write-pipe-fd 56 --max-threads 10 --max-queued-requests 10 └─14717 /usr/libexec/ioprocess --read-pipe-fd 64 --write-pipe-fd 63 --max-threads 10 --max-queued-requests 10 Jan 15 11:55:43 medusa.penguinpages.local vdsm[14589]: WARN Failed to retrieve Hosted Engine HA info, is Hosted Engine setup finished? Jan 15 11:55:45 medusa.penguinpages.local vdsm[14589]: WARN unhandled close event Jan 15 11:55:55 medusa.penguinpages.local vdsm[14589]: WARN unhandled write event Jan 15 11:55:57 medusa.penguinpages.local vdsm[14589]: WARN unhandled close event Jan 15 11:55:58 medusa.penguinpages.local vdsm[14589]: WARN Failed to retrieve Hosted Engine HA info, is Hosted Engine setup finished? Jan 15 11:56:07 medusa.penguinpages.local vdsm[14589]: WARN unhandled write event Jan 15 11:56:09 medusa.penguinpages.local vdsm[14589]: WARN unhandled close event Jan 15 11:56:14 medusa.penguinpages.local vdsm[14589]: WARN Failed to retrieve Hosted Engine HA info, is Hosted Engine setup finished? Jan 15 11:56:19 medusa.penguinpages.local vdsm[14589]: WARN unhandled write event Jan 15 11:56:21 medusa.penguinpages.local vdsm[14589]: WARN unhandled close event [root@medusa ~]# Is their a command line means to tell the engine to start.. or to start a virtual machine directly?