I can find no reason why this would be happening. AlmaLinux 9.4, oVirt 4.5.6, brand new/fresh cluster/install. From the log, these seem to be the only relevant lines: 2024-06-18 22:02:52,720+0000 DEBUG otopi.plugins.ovirt_engine_setup.ovirt_engine.config.aaajdbc plugin.execute:918 execute-output: ('/usr/bin/ovirt-aaa-jdbc-tool', '--db-config=/etc/ovirt-engine/aaa/internal.properties', 'query', '--what= user', '--pattern=name=admin') stdout: 2024-06-18 22:02:52,720+0000 DEBUG otopi.plugins.ovirt_engine_setup.ovirt_engine.config.aaajdbc plugin.execute:923 execute-output: ('/usr/bin/ovirt-aaa-jdbc-tool', '--db-config=/etc/ovirt-engine/aaa/internal.properties', 'query', '--what= user', '--pattern=name=admin') stderr: Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -Dcom.redhat.fips=false Jun 18, 2024 10:02:52 PM org.ovirt.engine.extension.aaa.jdbc.binding.cli.Cli main SEVERE: Unexpected Exception invoking Cli: com/ongres/scram/common/stringprep/StringPreparation 2024-06-18 22:02:52,720+0000 DEBUG otopi.context context._executeMethod:143 method exception Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/otopi/context.py", line 132, in _executeMethod method['method']() File "/usr/share/ovirt-engine/setup/bin/../plugins/ovirt-engine-setup/ovirt-engine/config/aaajdbc.py", line 414, in _misc self._setupAdminUser() File "/usr/share/ovirt-engine/setup/bin/../plugins/ovirt-engine-setup/ovirt-engine/config/aaajdbc.py", line 298, in _setupAdminUser if not self._userExists( File "/usr/share/ovirt-engine/setup/bin/../plugins/ovirt-engine-setup/ovirt-engine/config/aaajdbc.py", line 49, in _userExists rc, stdout, stderr = self.execute( File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/otopi/plugin.py", line 929, in execute raise RuntimeError( RuntimeError: Command '/usr/bin/ovirt-aaa-jdbc-tool' failed to execute 2024-06-18 22:02:52,721+0000 ERROR otopi.context context._executeMethod:151 Failed to execute stage 'Misc configuration': Command '/usr/bin/ovirt-aaa-jdbc-tool' failed to execute 2024-06-18 22:02:52,721+0000 DEBUG otopi.transaction transaction.abort:124 aborting 'DNF Transaction' Any ideas?