Yes - copied the wrong line it seems.
Attempted a fresh restart to go off here.
2020-06-29 11:53:23,239-04 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.RunVmCommand] (default task-40) [44ec18fa-de38-4f7c-b291-44dbffc81044] Lock Acquired to object 'EngineLock:{exclusiveLocks='[8877c89c-3640-4031-96c7-f4b6ff64b92a=VM]', sharedLocks=''}'
2020-06-29 11:53:23,255-04 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.IsVmDuringInitiatingVDSCommand] (default task-40) [44ec18fa-de38-4f7c-b291-44dbffc81044] START, IsVmDuringInitiatingVDSCommand( IsVmDuringInitiatingVDSCommandParameters:{vmId='8877c89c-3640-4031-96c7-f4b6ff64b92a'}), log id: 4c62e9d1
2020-06-29 11:53:23,255-04 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.IsVmDuringInitiatingVDSCommand] (default task-40) [44ec18fa-de38-4f7c-b291-44dbffc81044] FINISH, IsVmDuringInitiatingVDSCommand, return: false, log id: 4c62e9d1
2020-06-29 11:53:23,308-04 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.RunVmCommand] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engine-Thread-121870) [44ec18fa-de38-4f7c-b291-44dbffc81044] Running command: RunVmCommand internal: false. Entities affected : ID: 8877c89c-3640-4031-96c7-f4b6ff64b92a Type: VMAction group RUN_VM with role type USER
2020-06-29 11:53:23,313-04 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.utils.EmulatedMachineUtils] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engine-Thread-121870) [44ec18fa-de38-4f7c-b291-44dbffc81044] Emulated machine 'pc-i440fx-rhel8.1.0' which is different than that of the cluster is set for 'mtl-portal-01'(8877c89c-3640-4031-96c7-f4b6ff64b92a)
2020-06-29 11:53:23,319-04 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.scheduling.SchedulingManager] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engine-Thread-121870) [44ec18fa-de38-4f7c-b291-44dbffc81044] Candidate host 'mtl-hv-14.teve.inc' ('64ee2f32-0b33-4cc8-9e76-667310f4899b') was filtered out by 'VAR__FILTERTYPE__INTERNAL' filter 'Emulated-Machine' (correlation id: 44ec18fa-de38-4f7c-b291-44dbffc81044)
2020-06-29 11:53:23,319-04 ERROR [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.RunVmCommand] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engine-Thread-121870) [44ec18fa-de38-4f7c-b291-44dbffc81044] Can't find VDS to run the VM '8877c89c-3640-4031-96c7-f4b6ff64b92a' on, so this VM will not be run.
2020-06-29 11:53:23,329-04 ERROR [org.ovirt.engine.core.dal.dbbroker.auditloghandling.AuditLogDirector] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engine-Thread-121870) [44ec18fa-de38-4f7c-b291-44dbffc81044] EVENT_ID: USER_FAILED_RUN_VM(54), Failed to run VM mtl-portal-01 (User: admin@internal-authz).
2020-06-29 11:53:23,336-04 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.RunVmCommand] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engine-Thread-121870) [44ec18fa-de38-4f7c-b291-44dbffc81044] Lock freed to object 'EngineLock:{exclusiveLocks='[8877c89c-3640-4031-96c7-f4b6ff64b92a=VM]', sharedLocks=''}'
2020-06-29 11:53:23,337-04 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.ProcessDownVmCommand] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engine-Thread-121871) [10cf061a] Running command: ProcessDownVmCommand internal: true.
2020-06-29 11:53:24,236-04 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.utils.ThreadPoolMonitoringService] (EE-ManagedScheduledExecutorService-engineThreadMonitoringThreadPool-Thread-1) [] Thread pool 'default' is using 0 threads out of 1, 5 threads waiting for tasks.
2020-06-29 11:53:24,237-04 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.utils.ThreadPoolMonitoringService] (EE-ManagedScheduledExecutorService-engineThreadMonitoringThreadPool-Thread-1) [] Thread pool 'engine' is using 0 threads out of 500, 22 threads waiting for tasks and 0 tasks in queue.
2020-06-29 11:53:24,237-04 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.utils.ThreadPoolMonitoringService] (EE-ManagedScheduledExecutorService-engineThreadMonitoringThreadPool-Thread-1) [] Thread pool 'engineScheduledThreadPool' is using 0 threads out of 1, 100 threads waiting for tasks.
2020-06-29 11:53:24,237-04 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.utils.ThreadPoolMonitoringService] (EE-ManagedScheduledExecutorService-engineThreadMonitoringThreadPool-Thread-1) [] Thread pool 'engineThreadMonitoringThreadPool' is using 1 threads out of 1, 0 threads waiting for tasks.
2020-06-29 11:53:24,237-04 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.utils.ThreadPoolMonitoringService] (EE-ManagedScheduledExecutorService-engineThreadMonitoringThreadPool-Thread-1) [] Thread pool 'hostUpdatesChecker' is using 0 threads out of 5, 5 threads waiting for tasks.
httpd/ovirt-requests-log is the only other log with a reference to 44ec18fa-de38-4f7c-b291-44dbffc81044
[29/Jun/2020:11:53:23 -0400] 10.1.55.107 "Correlation-Id: 44ec18fa-de38-4f7c-b291-44dbffc81044" "Duration: 83201us" "POST /ovirt-engine/webadmin/GenericApiGWTService HTTP/1.1" 252
Host machine doesn't have anything in vdsm log(s) relating to the start attempt.
Checked for the previous ID and same thing.