Hi, You might be able to get VNC console through virsh, if you have configured sasl auth with libvirt.
Then you could try to start the engine VM paused: hosted-engine --vm-start-paused then add a VNC password: hosted-engine --add-console-password Then try to connect with vnc and you may resume the VM: virsh -c qemu://hostname.local/system resume HostedEngine where hostname.local is the hostname part of the connection URI. You might also get some insight from host logs (vdsm.log). In my case, 99% of the cases was a storage issue that was causing engine to not be able to boot. On Thu, Jun 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM kelwintai--- via Users <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there, > > I have tried to restart the Hosted Engine but I cannot ssh/ping the Hosted > Engine after the restart. The oVirt webUI was down and I cannot start the > VM in both GUI and CLI. > > I have used command "hosted-engine --console" to start a console but > error message "Cannot find character device <null>" was prompted. > > I also checked the status of the Hosted Engine and the its state was > "EngineStarting". However, the Hosted Engine will keep restarting in the > same host automatically. > > Please help > 1. Is there any commands that I can use to start the VM inside the Hosted > Engine CLI. > 2. Does anyone know why my Hosted Engine cannot be started successfully > and accessed via CLI. > > Thank you for your help. > > KT > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/privacy-policy.html > oVirt Code of Conduct: > https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ > List Archives: > https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LL7MYK5MM7AOLN5PFZ3B2PVBAETBPGJN/ >
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