I tried to post on website but .. it did not seem to work... so sorry if this is double posting. oVirt login this AM. accepted username and password but got java error. Restarted oVirt engine ## hosted-engine --set-maintenance --mode=global hosted-engine --vm-shutdown hosted-engine --vm-status #make sure that the status is shutdown before restarting hosted-engine --vm-start hosted-engine --vm-status #make sure the status is health before leaving maintenance mode hosted-engine --set-maintenance --mode=none ## [root@thor ~]# hosted-engine --vm-status --== Host thor.penguinpages.local (id: 1) status ==-- Host ID : 1 Host timestamp : 65342 Score : 3400 Engine status : {"vm": "down", "health": "bad", "detail": "unknown", "reason": "vm not running on this host"} Hostname : thor.penguinpages.local Local maintenance : False stopped : False crc32 : 824c29fd conf_on_shared_storage : True local_conf_timestamp : 65342 Status up-to-date : True Extra metadata (valid at timestamp): metadata_parse_version=1 metadata_feature_version=1 timestamp=65342 (Wed Sep 30 08:11:45 2020) host-id=1 score=3400 vm_conf_refresh_time=65342 (Wed Sep 30 08:11:45 2020) conf_on_shared_storage=True maintenance=False state=EngineDown stopped=False --== Host medusa.penguinpages.local (id: 3) status ==-- Host ID : 3 Host timestamp : 87556 Score : 3400 Engine status : {"vm": "up", "health": "good", "detail": "Up"} Hostname : medusa.penguinpages.local Local maintenance : False stopped : False crc32 : 63296a70 conf_on_shared_storage : True local_conf_timestamp : 87556 Status up-to-date : True Extra metadata (valid at timestamp): metadata_parse_version=1 metadata_feature_version=1 timestamp=87556 (Wed Sep 30 08:11:39 2020) host-id=3 score=3400 vm_conf_refresh_time=87556 (Wed Sep 30 08:11:39 2020) conf_on_shared_storage=True maintenance=False state=EngineUp stopped=False [root@thor ~]# yum update -y Last metadata expiration check: 0:31:17 ago on Wed 30 Sep 2020 09:17:03 AM EDT. Dependencies resolved. Nothing to do. Complete! [root@thor ~]# Gogled around .. just found this thread. ## https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1378045 # pgadmin connect to ovirte01.penguinpages.com as engine to db engine select mac_addr from vm_interface "00:16:3e:57:0d:47" "56:6f:86:41:00:01" "56:6f:86:41:00:00" "56:6f:86:41:00:02" "56:6f:86:41:00:03" "56:6f:86:41:00:04" "56:6f:86:41:00:05" "56:6f:86:41:00:15" "56:6f:86:41:00:16" "56:6f:86:41:00:17" "56:6f:86:41:00:18" "56:6f:86:41:00:19" # Note one field is "null" Question: 1) is this bad? 2) How do I fix? 3) Any idea on root cause? -- p <jeremey.wise(a)gmail.com&gt;enguinpages