5.6. Reinstalling an Existing Host as a Self-Hosted Engine Node
You can convert an existing, regular host in a self-hosted engine environment to a self-hosted engine node capable of hosting the Manager virtual machine.
Reinstalling an Existing Host as a Self-Hosted Engine Node
- Click → and select the host.
- Click → and click .
- Click → .
- Click the Hosted Engine tab and select DEPLOY from the drop-down list.
- Click .
The host is reinstalled with self-hosted engine configuration, and is flagged with a crown icon in the Administration Portal.

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