Hi Didi, thanks for your input, sadly this doesn't change anything of the described behavior. (Also just to mention: It takes way less then a second to get to the cleanup - in case this provides some hints) Stdout: [root@ovirt03 ~]# hosted-engine --deploy --otopi-environment=OVEHOSTED_CORE/pauseonRestore=bool:True [ INFO ] Stage: Initializing [ INFO ] Stage: Environment setup During customization use CTRL-D to abort. Continuing will configure this host for serving as hypervisor and will create a local VM with a running engine. The locally running engine will be used to configure a new storage domain and create a VM there. At the end the disk of the local VM will be moved to the shared storage. Are you sure you want to continue? (Yes, No)[Yes]: Configuration files: Log file: /var/log/ovirt-hosted-engine-setup/ovirt-hosted-engine-setup-20200819092656-jh53ut.log Version: otopi-1.9.2 (otopi-1.9.2-1.el8) [ INFO ] DNF Downloading 1 files, 0.00KB [ INFO ] DNF Downloaded CentOS-8 - AppStream [ INFO ] DNF Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'AppStream': - Status code: 407 for http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=8&arch=x86_64&repo=AppStream&infra=$infra (IP: 10.201.210.68) - Status code: 407 for http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=8&arch=x86_64&repo=AppStream&infra=$infra (IP: 10.201.210.67) [ ERROR ] DNF Failed to download metadata for repo 'AppStream': Cannot prepare internal mirrorlist: Status code: 407 for http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=8&arch=x86_64&repo=AppStream&infra=$infra (IP: 10.201.210.68) [ ERROR ] Failed to execute stage 'Environment setup': Failed to download metadata for repo 'AppStream': Cannot prepare internal mirrorlist: Status code: 407 for http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=8&arch=x86_64&repo=AppStream&infra=$infra (IP: 10.201.210.68) [ INFO ] Stage: Clean up [ INFO ] Cleaning temporary resources [ INFO ] TASK [ovirt.hosted_engine_setup : Execute just a specific set of steps] [ INFO ] ok: [localhost] [ INFO ] TASK [ovirt.hosted_engine_setup : Force facts gathering] [ INFO ] ok: [localhost] [ INFO ] TASK [ovirt.hosted_engine_setup : Fetch logs from the engine VM] [ INFO ] ok: [localhost] [ INFO ] TASK [ovirt.hosted_engine_setup : Set destination directory path] [ INFO ] ok: [localhost] [ INFO ] TASK [ovirt.hosted_engine_setup : Create destination directory] [ INFO ] changed: [localhost] [ INFO ] TASK [ovirt.hosted_engine_setup : include_tasks] [ INFO ] ok: [localhost] [ INFO ] TASK [ovirt.hosted_engine_setup : Find the local appliance image] [ INFO ] ok: [localhost] [ INFO ] TASK [ovirt.hosted_engine_setup : Set local_vm_disk_path] [ INFO ] skipping: [localhost] [ INFO ] TASK [ovirt.hosted_engine_setup : Give the vm time to flush dirty buffers] [ INFO ] ok: [localhost] [ INFO ] TASK [ovirt.hosted_engine_setup : Copy engine logs] [ INFO ] TASK [ovirt.hosted_engine_setup : include_tasks] [ INFO ] ok: [localhost] [ INFO ] TASK [ovirt.hosted_engine_setup : Remove local vm dir] [ INFO ] ok: [localhost] [ INFO ] TASK [ovirt.hosted_engine_setup : Remove temporary entry in /etc/hosts for the local VM] [ INFO ] ok: [localhost] [ INFO ] TASK [ovirt.hosted_engine_setup : Clean local storage pools] [ INFO ] ok: [localhost] [ INFO ] TASK [ovirt.hosted_engine_setup : Destroy local storage-pool {{ he_local_vm_dir | basename }}] [ INFO ] TASK [ovirt.hosted_engine_setup : Undefine local storage-pool {{ he_local_vm_dir | basename }}] [ INFO ] TASK [ovirt.hosted_engine_setup : Destroy local storage-pool {{ local_vm_disk_path.split('/')[5] }}] [ INFO ] TASK [ovirt.hosted_engine_setup : Undefine local storage-pool {{ local_vm_disk_path.split('/')[5] }}] [ INFO ] Generating answer file '/var/lib/ovirt-hosted-engine-setup/answers/answers-20200819092723.conf' [ INFO ] Stage: Pre-termination [ INFO ] Stage: Termination [ ERROR ] Hosted Engine deployment failed Log file is located at /var/log/ovirt-hosted-engine-setup/ovirt-hosted-engine-setup-20200819092656-jh53ut.log