New Hosted Engine install, 'hosted-engine --vm-status' failes with python traceback

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Issue

  • New RHEV installation (Hosted Engine)
  • When trying to run 'hosted-engine --vm-status' we get:
# hosted-engine --vm-status
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/runpy.py", line 162, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
    exec code in run_globals
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ovirt_hosted_engine_setup/vm_status.py", line 117, in <module>
    if not status_checker.print_status():
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ovirt_hosted_engine_setup/vm_status.py", line 60, in print_status
    all_host_stats = ha_cli.get_all_host_stats()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ovirt_hosted_engine_ha/client/client.py", line 160, in get_all_host_stats
    return self.get_all_stats(self.StatModes.HOST)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ovirt_hosted_engine_ha/client/client.py", line 107, in get_all_stats
    stats = self._parse_stats(stats, mode)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ovirt_hosted_engine_ha/client/client.py", line 146, in _parse_stats
    md = metadata.parse_metadata_to_dict(host_id, data)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ovirt_hosted_engine_ha/lib/metadata.py", line 156, in parse_metadata_to_dict
    constants.METADATA_FEATURE_VERSION))
ovirt_hosted_engine_ha.lib.exceptions.FatalMetadataError: Metadata version 3 from host 55 too new for this agent (highest compatible version: 1)
  • Running hosted-engine --clean-metadata does not help
  • Running hosted-engine --clean-metadata --force-clean does not help
  • restarting the host and/or rhevm instance does not help

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.6, Hosted Engine (iscsi)
  • Hosted Engine was installed previously on the current iscsi device
  • 'unclean' iscsi device for Hosted Engine (or not completely wiped after previous use)

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