[ovirt-users] unsuccessful hosted engine install

[Brendan Hartzell]

oVirt users list,

Long story short, I've been spending weeks on this project for my home lab
with no success.

I would like to successfully install two nodes that host a highly available
engine with an iSCSI storage back-end.

I have read through most, if not all, of the guides on ovirt.org with no
substantial help.

Successfully, I have done the following:
Install oVirt Engine on a bare metal system, added a node, and started
exploring - not desired.
Install oVirt Node 4.0.6 on a bare metal system - fails if partitions are
not done automatically.
Install oVirt Node 4.1.2 on a bare metal system - fails if partitions are
not done automatically.

My process after installing a Node:
Run a yum update - just to be sure, but I am using latest iso images from
downloads section.
Edit /etc/hosts for local name resolution - the goal is to host DNS as a
virtual machine, eventually.
On 4.1 if I install ovirt-engine-appliance from yum, it does simplify one
step in the hosted engine setup.  If I do this on 4.0 it discards the image
and uses the default.
On 4.1 the hosted engine setup fails immediately unless I run the hosted
engine cleanup from the shell.  If I do this, I can typically get to the
point of installing.

When I do get to the installation phase, I get to a point just after
extracting the OVA that I get a message on the shell saying something about
the watchdog running the whole time and then the node reboots.

I found one email thread that sounded like my issue and suggested the
following commands:
vdsm-tool configure --force
systemctl restart libvirtd
systemctl restart vdsmd

Unfortunately, these commands did not help my situation like the other
individual.

What log file would everyone like to see first?  Given that I still
consider myself relatively new to Linux, please identify the path for the
log file requested.

Also, because I plan on performing a clean install for this thread using my
process from above (I'm not expecting my outcome to be any different), are
there any tips and tricks that might result in a success?

Thank you for any and all help,
Brendan
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