It might come handy, here is the complete hosted-engine.conf file [root@ovirt-sj-03 ~]# cat /etc/ovirt-hosted-engine/hosted-engine.conf ca_cert=/etc/pki/vdsm/libvirt-spice/ca-cert.pem fqdn=ovirt-engine.ictv.com vm_disk_id=b019c5fa-8fb5-4bfc-8339-f5b7f590a051 sdUUID=054c43fc-1924-4106-9f80-0f2ac62b9886 console=vnc vmid=66b6d489-ceb8-486a-951a-355e21f13627 conf=/var/run/ovirt-hosted-engine-ha/vm.conf iqn= conf_image_UUID=910f445e-31c0-4441-9c82-720901f7f19b port= network_test=dns vm_disk_vol_id=f1ce8ba6-2d3b-4309-bca0-e6a00ce74c75 storage=10.210.13.64:/hosted_engine gateway=10.210.11.254 ca_subject="C=EN, L=Test, O=Test, CN=Test" ca_cert=/etc/pki/vdsm/libvirt-spice/ca-cert.pem connectionUUID=e29cf818-5ee5-46e1-85c1-8aeefa33e95d nfs_version=auto bridge=ovirtmgmt metadata_image_UUID=16b3e5ac-e70b-46e3-bf81-322954fe0b44 mnt_options= domainType=nfs password= vdsm_use_ssl=true tcp_t_port= user= host_id=3 metadata_volume_UUID=b6326e48-a7d2-4cba-af91-441db9f353c2 spUUID=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 conf_volume_UUID=c518f937-60fe-4fed-a54c-db11328bb507 portal= lockspace_image_UUID=e08188be-f733-4d5c-9222-a4b4e2228955 lockspace_volume_UUID=081f81c5-b2b2-46d5-9f82-9d9041ccc108 tcp_t_address= ----- kind regards/met vriendelijke groeten Marko Vrgotic Sr. System Engineer @ System Administration ActiveVideo o: +31 (35) 6774131 m: +31 (65) 5734174 e: m.vrgotic@activevideo.com<mailto:m.vrgotic@activevideo.com> w: www.activevideo.com<http://www.activevideo.com> ActiveVideo Networks BV. 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From: Marko Vrgotic <M.Vrgotic@activevideo.com> Date: Thursday, 6 May 2021 at 11:20 To: Yedidyah Bar David <didi@redhat.com>, Strahil Nikolov <hunter86_bg@yahoo.com>, users@ovirt.org <users@ovirt.org> Subject: oVirt deploy new HE Host problem Hi Strahil and Yedidyah, As agreed, short summary: Deploy new HE host fails Pre Deploy state: * Host1 and Host3 are current HE HA pool * Host1 and Host3 are unaware of Host2 (check below) * I am trying to add Host2 to HE HA pool * Host2 is fully reinstalled – clean OS * Host2 is added to oVirt as regular Host * Host2 is currently in Maintenance mode (waiting for Reinstall with HE Deploy) [root@ovirt-sj-03 ~]# hosted-engine --vm-status --== Host ovirt-sj-01.ictv.com (id: 1) status ==-- conf_on_shared_storage : True Status up-to-date : True Hostname : ovirt-sj-01.ictv.com Host ID : 1 Engine status : {"reason": "vm not running on this host", "health": "bad", "vm": "down", "detail": "unknown"} Score : 3400 stopped : False Local maintenance : False crc32 : d15bb877 local_conf_timestamp : 3103909 Host timestamp : 3103909 Extra metadata (valid at timestamp): metadata_parse_version=1 metadata_feature_version=1 timestamp=3103909 (Thu May 6 01:42:06 2021) host-id=1 score=3400 vm_conf_refresh_time=3103909 (Thu May 6 01:42:06 2021) conf_on_shared_storage=True maintenance=False state=EngineDown stopped=False --== Host ovirt-sj-03.ictv.com (id: 3) status ==-- conf_on_shared_storage : True Status up-to-date : True Hostname : ovirt-sj-03.ictv.com Host ID : 3 Engine status : {"health": "good", "vm": "up", "detail": "Up"} Score : 3400 stopped : False Local maintenance : False crc32 : 15801717 local_conf_timestamp : 3106395 Host timestamp : 3106395 Extra metadata (valid at timestamp): metadata_parse_version=1 metadata_feature_version=1 timestamp=3106395 (Thu May 6 01:42:13 2021) host-id=3 score=3400 vm_conf_refresh_time=3106395 (Thu May 6 01:42:13 2021) conf_on_shared_storage=True maintenance=False state=EngineUp stopped=False Deployment: I have attached logs from Host2 and Engine – if anything is missing, please let me know. Kindly awaiting your reply. You might notice slight time change on Host2 logs – that’s after re-provisioning I did not set correct timezone ----- kind regards/met vriendelijke groeten Marko Vrgotic Sr. System Engineer @ System Administration ActiveVideo o: +31 (35) 6774131 m: +31 (65) 5734174 e: m.vrgotic@activevideo.com<mailto:m.vrgotic@activevideo.com> w: www.activevideo.com<http://www.activevideo.com> ActiveVideo Networks BV. Mediacentrum 3745 Joop van den Endeplein 1.1217 WJ Hilversum, The Netherlands. The information contained in this message may be legally privileged and confidential. It is intended to be read only by the individual or entity to whom it is addressed or by their designee. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are on notice that any distribution of this message, in any form, is strictly prohibited. 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