Thanks to Jayme who pointed me to the --add-console-password hosted-engine command to set a password for vnc. Using that, I see only the single line:
Probing EDD (edd=off to disable)... ok --Jim On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 10:26 AM, Jim Kusznir <j...@palousetech.com> wrote: > Is there a way to get a graphical console on boot of the engine vm so I > can see what's causing the failure to boot? > > On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 10:23 AM, Jim Kusznir <j...@palousetech.com> wrote: > >> Thanks; I guess I didn't mention that I started there. >> >> The virsh list shows it in state running, and gluster is showing fully >> online and healed. However, I cannot bring up a console of the engine VM >> to see why its not booting, even though it shows in running state. >> >> In any case, the hosts and engine were running happily. I applied the >> latest updates on the host, and the engine went unstable. I thought, Ok, >> maybe there's an update to ovirt that also needs to be applied to the >> engine, so I ssh'ed in and ran yum update (never did find clear >> instructions on how one is supposed to maintain the engine, but I did see >> that listed online). A while later, it reset and never booted again. >> >> -JIm >> >> On Sun, Sep 2, 2018 at 4:28 PM, Darrell Budic <bu...@onholyground.com> >> wrote: >> >>> It’s definitely not starting, you’ll have to see if you can figure out >>> why. A couple things to try: >>> >>> - Check "virsh list" and see if it’s running, or paused for storage. >>> (google "virsh saslpasswd2 >>> <https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=virsh+saslpasswd2&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8>” >>> if you need to add a user to do this with, it’s per host) >>> - It’s hyper converged, so check your gluster volume for healing and/or >>> split brains and wait/resolve those. >>> - check “gluster peer status” and on each host and make sure your >>> gluster hosts are all talking. I’ve seen an upgrade screwup the firewall, >>> easy fix is to add a rule to allow the hosts to talk to each other on your >>> gluster network, no questions asked (-j ACCEPT, no port, etc). >>> >>> Good luck! >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From:* Jim Kusznir <j...@palousetech.com> >>> *Subject:* [ovirt-users] Upgraded host, engine now won't boot >>> *Date:* September 1, 2018 at 8:38:12 PM CDT >>> *To:* users >>> >>> Hello: >>> >>> I saw that there were updates to my ovirt-4.2 3 node hyperconverged >>> system, so I proceeded to apply them the usual way through the UI. >>> >>> At one point, the hosted engine was migrated to one of the upgraded >>> hosts, and then went "unstable" on me. Now, the hosted engine appears to >>> be crashed: It gets powered up, but it never boots up to the point where >>> it responds to pings or allows logins. After a while, the hosted engine >>> shows status (via console "hosted-engine --vm-status" command) "Powering >>> Down". It stays there for a long time. >>> >>> I tried forcing a poweroff then powering it on, but again, it never gets >>> up to where it will respond to pings. --vm-status shows bad health, but up. >>> >>> I tried running the hosted-engine --console command, but got: >>> >>> [root@ovirt1 ~]# hosted-engine --console >>> The engine VM is running on this host >>> Connected to domain HostedEngine >>> Escape character is ^] >>> error: internal error: cannot find character device <null> >>> >>> [root@ovirt1 ~]# >>> >>> >>> I tried to run the hosted-engine --upgrade-appliance command, but it >>> hangs at obtaining certificate (understandably, as the hosted-engine is not >>> up). >>> >>> How do i recover from this? And what caused this? >>> >>> --Jim >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Users mailing list -- users@ovirt.org >>> To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@ovirt.org >>> Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/site/privacy-policy/ >>> oVirt Code of Conduct: https://www.ovirt.org/communit >>> y/about/community-guidelines/ >>> List Archives: https://lists.ovirt.org/archiv >>> es/list/users@ovirt.org/message/XBNOOF4OA5C5AFGCT3KGUPUTRSOLIPXX/ >>> >>> >>> >> >
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