diff --git a/pkg/service/healthcheck/metrics_test.go b/pkg/service/healthcheck/metrics_test.go
index 67bad84ab..5bf6dc7d2 100644
--- a/pkg/service/healthcheck/metrics_test.go
+++ b/pkg/service/healthcheck/metrics_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/scylladb/go-log"
 
 	"github.com/scylladb/scylla-manager/v3/pkg/util/uuid"
 )
@@ -27,10 +28,13 @@ func TestRemoveClusterMetricsWhenNumberOfMetricsExceedsDefaultChannelLength_2843
 		}
 		metric.With(hl).Set(1)
 	}
-	r := runner{metrics: &runnerMetrics{
-		status: metric,
-		rtt:    metric,
-	}}
+	r := runner{
+		logger: log.NewDevelopment(),
+		metrics: &runnerMetrics{
+			status: metric,
+			rtt:    metric,
+		},
+	}
 
 	r.removeMetricsForCluster(clusterID)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/service/healthcheck/runner.go b/pkg/service/healthcheck/runner.go
index efe45c3ca..4a5a166af 100644
--- a/pkg/service/healthcheck/runner.go
+++ b/pkg/service/healthcheck/runner.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/scylladb/go-log"
 	"github.com/scylladb/go-set/strset"
 
 	"github.com/scylladb/scylla-manager/v3/pkg/scyllaclient"
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ func (r Runner) Run(ctx context.Context, clusterID, taskID, runID uuid.UUID, pro
 }
 
 type runner struct {
+	logger       log.Logger
 	scyllaClient scyllaclient.ProviderFunc
 	timeout      time.Duration
 	metrics      *runnerMetrics
@@ -91,13 +93,7 @@ func (r runner) checkHosts(ctx context.Context, clusterID uuid.UUID, status []sc
 
 		rtt, err := r.ping(ctx, clusterID, status[i].Addr, r.timeout)
 		if err != nil {
-			// Set -2 for unavailable agent and -1 for unavailable Scylla
-			_, err := r.pingAgent(ctx, clusterID, status[i].Addr, r.timeout)
-			if err != nil {
-				r.metrics.status.With(hl).Set(-2)
-			} else {
-				r.metrics.status.With(hl).Set(-1)
-			}
+			r.metrics.status.With(hl).Set(-1)
 		} else {
 			r.metrics.status.With(hl).Set(1)
 		}
@@ -106,7 +102,9 @@ func (r runner) checkHosts(ctx context.Context, clusterID uuid.UUID, status []sc
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	_ = parallel.Run(len(status), parallel.NoLimit, f, parallel.NopNotify) // nolint: errcheck
+	_ = parallel.Run(len(status), parallel.NoLimit, f, func(i int, err error) { // nolint: errcheck
+		r.logger.Error(ctx, "Parallel hosts check failed", "", status[i].Addr, "error", err)
+	})
 }
 
 func (r runner) removeMetricsForCluster(clusterID uuid.UUID) {
diff --git a/pkg/service/healthcheck/service.go b/pkg/service/healthcheck/service.go
index 2cbdf4907..be9acee68 100644
--- a/pkg/service/healthcheck/service.go
+++ b/pkg/service/healthcheck/service.go
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ func NewService(config Config, scyllaClient scyllaclient.ProviderFunc, secretsSt
 func (s *Service) Runner() Runner {
 	return Runner{
 		cql: runner{
+			logger:       s.logger.Named("CQL healthcheck"),
 			scyllaClient: s.scyllaClient,
 			timeout:      s.config.MaxTimeout,
 			metrics: &runnerMetrics{
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ func (s *Service) Runner() Runner {
 			pingAgent: s.pingAgent,
 		},
 		rest: runner{
+			logger:       s.logger.Named("REST healthcheck"),
 			scyllaClient: s.scyllaClient,
 			timeout:      s.config.MaxTimeout,
 			metrics: &runnerMetrics{
@@ -76,6 +78,7 @@ func (s *Service) Runner() Runner {
 			pingAgent: s.pingAgent,
 		},
 		alternator: runner{
+			logger:       s.logger.Named("Alternator healthcheck"),
 			scyllaClient: s.scyllaClient,
 			timeout:      s.config.MaxTimeout,
 			metrics: &runnerMetrics{