On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 2:46 PM Yedidyah Bar David <didi@redhat.com> wrote:

On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 1:56 PM Gilboa Davara <gilboad@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 12:16 PM Gilboa Davara <gilboad@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hello,
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>> On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 11:50 AM Yedidyah Bar David <didi@redhat.com> wrote:
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>>> On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 11:43 AM Strahil Nikolov via Users
>>> <users@ovirt.org> wrote:
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>>> > Corrupted metadata is the problem you see.
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>>> > I think there was a command to fix it, but I can't recall it right now.
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>>> I think you refer to 'hosted-engine --clean_metadata'. Gilboa - I
>>> suggest to search the net/archives for docs/mentions/discussions of
>>> this option - it's rather drastic. Good luck.
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>>> That said, I must say that if your metadata is corrupted, I wonder
>>> what else is - so would continue using this setup with great care.
>>> Ideally restore from backups, after testing/replacing the hardware.
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>>> Best regards,
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>> Thanks for the pointer.
>> This is a side setup that's about to replaced by a real setup (3 host Gluster).
>> That said, beyond the corrupted meta data, everything else seems to be working just fine, host boot just fine, RAID sync showed no issues. XFS partitions mounted OK, etc.
>> The only thing that seems damaged is the hosted engine meta data.
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>> I'll test it and report back.
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>> - Gilboa
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> Stupid question:
> Won't clean meta data remove the host from the "cluster" and given the fact that its a single host configuration, require a clean redploy?

It's not stupid.

Generally speaking, the metadata is populated by the HA daemons
themselves, not something "external". If a specific host's entry is
missing, they should write it.

OK. Thanks again for the prompt answer.

- Gilboa