Verified with: ENGINE: rhevm-3.6.7.2-0.1.el6.noarch HOST: ovirt-hosted-engine-ha-1.3.5.7-1.el7ev.noarch vdsm-4.17.30-1.el7ev.noarch Followed steps from my description of the bug, This time after adding the nic to the HostedEngine vm, the nic appeared in vm's xml (both with dumpxml from virsh and in host's agent.log). Also verified that the nic is not unplugged after shutting the vm down and re starting it.
*** Bug 1345782 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016:1364