[ovirt-users] Re: Remote console access for old Ovirt 3.6 install

On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 8:18 PM David Gossage <dgossage(a)carouselchecks.com&gt; wrote: > > I have an older 3.6.7 setup I am still using at a location. The hosted-engine is up but not responding > > {"reason": "failed liveliness check", "health": "bad", "vm": "up", "detail": "up"} > > I am guessing it got into some paused or halted state after a power outage and storage went offline for a short bit and I may need to manually perform some tasks. When I attempt the suggested method of > hosted-engine --set-maintenance --mode=global > hosted-engine --console > > I get an error about > > Use the password you've set using --add-console-password for logging in > > ** (remote-viewer:11479): WARNING **: Could not open X display > Cannot open display: > Run 'remote-viewer --help' to see a full list of available command line options Recent versions configure the hosted-engine vm to use a serial console, which is much easier to use (if you have no X on the host). For older versions, you might want to check a page I wrote some time ago, that does not exist anymore on the website, but can be found at archive.org: http://web.archive.org/web/20150704004004/http://www.ovirt.org:80/Hosted_... Good luck and best regards, > > Their are 7 other VM's running I was able to manually continue from vdsClient > > Is their a way to get remote access to this engine? > > David Gossage > Carousel Checks Inc. | System Administrator > Office 708.613.2284 > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list -- users(a)ovirt.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)ovirt.org > Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/site/privacy-policy/ > oVirt Code of Conduct: https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ > List Archives: https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/users@ovirt.org/message/QVO7CA4MDK7... -- Didi