[ovirt-users] hosted-engine --deploy hanging, vm not responding

[Yedidyah Bar David]

On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 4:46 PM, Mark Steckel <mjs at fix.net> wrote:
> Log attached.
>
> ----- Yedidyah Bar David <didi at redhat.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 4:36 PM, Mark Steckel <mjs at fix.net> wrote:
>> > Folks,
>> >
>> > I executed "hosted-engine --deploy" on a fresh CentOS 7.2 install. Before executing the cmd I also installed the he-appliance. (Also ran yum update, installed a few packages and rebooted before doing the hosted engine deploy.)
>> >
>> > The process seems to go well but then it hangs here:
>> >
>> >           The VM has been started.
>> >           To continue please install OS and shutdown or reboot the VM.
>> >
>> >           Make a selection from the options below:
>> >           (1) Continue setup - OS installation is complete
>> >           (2) Abort setup
>> >           (3) Power off and restart the VM
>> >           (4) Destroy VM and abort setup
>> >
>> >           (1, 2, 3, 4)[1]: 1
>> >
>> >           Please reboot or shutdown the VM.
>> >
>> >           Verifying shutdown...
>> >
>> > From another terminal window I tried accessing the console but received the following:
>> >
>> >     # hosted-engine --console

IIRC this now connects you to a serial console, not graphical.

It also told you:

You can also graphically connect to the VM from your system with the
following command:
remote-viewer vnc://dev-vm-host:5900

Did you try this?

See also:

http://www.ovirt.org/documentation/admin-guide/hosted-engine-console/

However, if this is your first installation, with simple/standard needs,
it's much simpler to use the appliance. Install the package
'ovirt-engine-appliance',
then choose to boot from 'disk'.

Best,
-- 
Didi