[ovirt-users] oVirt: Host Removal Question

[Alexander Wels]

On Monday, June 5, 2017 4:10:54 PM EDT Brandon. Markgraf wrote:
> Hello oVirt Users,
> We have a cluster that has been decommissioned and we are trying to remove
> the hosts from the oVirt Engine but one host is stuck in "Preparing for
> Maintenance".  It's preventing me from removing that host and the
> associated cluster.
> 
> The physical server has been shut down and is no longer accessible.  What's
> the best way to take this server in oVirt Engine out of this status so we
> can remove the host and the cluster from oVirt Engine?
> 
> Thanks so much in advance and please let me know if there are any questions.
> 
> Brandon Markgraf | *Target |

IIRC when I had that issue (I removed the host physically before removing it 
from oVirt) I had to do the following:

- Right click in the grid on the host, and select confirm host has been 
rebooted (this is basically you telling oVirt the host has been fenced).
- After a while the host should end up as down (or unknown state).
- You should be able to select maintaince at that point, this might take a 
while (timeouts etc).
- This should put the host in maintaince and you should be able to remove it 
then.