diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/KVMHAChecker.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/KVMHAChecker.java
index 723335b97f7..5ceaef2bb19 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/KVMHAChecker.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/KVMHAChecker.java
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
 // under the License.
 package com.cloud.hypervisor.kvm.resource;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ import com.cloud.utils.script.Script;
 
 public class KVMHAChecker extends KVMHABase implements Callable<Boolean> {
     private static final Logger s_logger = Logger.getLogger(KVMHAChecker.class);
-    private List<NfsStoragePool> _pools;
-    private String _hostIP;
-    private long _heartBeatCheckerTimeout = 360000; /* 6 minutes */
+    private List<NfsStoragePool> nfsStoragePools;
+    private String hostIp;
+    private long heartBeatCheckerTimeout = 360000; // 6 minutes
 
     public KVMHAChecker(List<NfsStoragePool> pools, String host) {
-        this._pools = pools;
-        this._hostIP = host;
+        this.nfsStoragePools = pools;
+        this.hostIp = host;
     }
 
     /*
@@ -42,35 +42,40 @@ public class KVMHAChecker extends KVMHABase implements Callable<Boolean> {
      */
     @Override
     public Boolean checkingHeartBeat() {
-        List<Boolean> results = new ArrayList<Boolean>();
-        for (NfsStoragePool pool : _pools) {
-            Script cmd = new Script(s_heartBeatPath, _heartBeatCheckerTimeout, s_logger);
+        boolean validResult = false;
+
+        String hostAndPools = String.format("host IP [%s] in pools [%s]", hostIp, nfsStoragePools.stream().map(pool -> pool._poolIp).collect(Collectors.joining(", ")));
+
+        s_logger.debug(String.format("Checking heart beat with KVMHAChecker for %s", hostAndPools));
+
+        for (NfsStoragePool pool : nfsStoragePools) {
+            Script cmd = new Script(s_heartBeatPath, heartBeatCheckerTimeout, s_logger);
             cmd.add("-i", pool._poolIp);
             cmd.add("-p", pool._poolMountSourcePath);
             cmd.add("-m", pool._mountDestPath);
-            cmd.add("-h", _hostIP);
+            cmd.add("-h", hostIp);
             cmd.add("-r");
             cmd.add("-t", String.valueOf(_heartBeatUpdateFreq / 1000));
             OutputInterpreter.OneLineParser parser = new OutputInterpreter.OneLineParser();
             String result = cmd.execute(parser);
-            s_logger.debug("KVMHAChecker pool: " + pool._poolIp);
-            s_logger.debug("KVMHAChecker result: " + result);
-            s_logger.debug("KVMHAChecker parser: " + parser.getLine());
-            if (result == null && parser.getLine().contains("> DEAD <")) {
-                s_logger.debug("read heartbeat failed: ");
-                results.add(false);
+            String parsedLine = parser.getLine();
+
+            s_logger.debug(String.format("Checking heart beat with KVMHAChecker [{command=\"%s\", result: \"%s\", log: \"%s\", pool: \"%s\"}].", cmd.toString(), result, parsedLine,
+                    pool._poolIp));
+
+            if (result == null && parsedLine.contains("DEAD")) {
+                s_logger.warn(String.format("Checking heart beat with KVMHAChecker command [%s] returned [%s]. [%s]. It may cause a shutdown of host IP [%s].", cmd.toString(),
+                        result, parsedLine, hostIp));
             } else {
-                results.add(true);
+                validResult = true;
             }
         }
 
-        for (Boolean r : results) {
-            if (r) {
-                return true;
-            }
+        if (!validResult) {
+            s_logger.warn(String.format("All checks with KVMHAChecker for %s considered it as dead. It may cause a shutdown of the host.", hostAndPools));
         }
 
-        return false;
+        return validResult;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/kvm/kvmheartbeat.sh b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/kvm/kvmheartbeat.sh
index df2e54db85a..a931d94aaf2 100755
--- a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/kvm/kvmheartbeat.sh
+++ b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/kvm/kvmheartbeat.sh
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ check_hbLog() {
   diff=`expr $now - $hb`
   if [ $diff -gt $interval ]
   then
-    return 1
+    return $diff
   fi
   return 0
 }
@@ -146,11 +146,12 @@ check_hbLog() {
 if [ "$rflag" == "1" ]
 then
   check_hbLog
-  if [ $? == 0 ]
+  diff=$?
+  if [ $diff == 0 ]
   then
     echo "=====> ALIVE <====="
   else
-    echo "=====> DEAD <======"
+    echo "=====> Considering host as DEAD because last write on [$hbFile] was [$diff] seconds ago, but the max interval is [$interval] <======"
   fi
   exit 0
 elif [ "$cflag" == "1" ]