Deletion of certain objects associated with host are failing with " is being used by a hidden Host::Managed resource" error Red Hat Satellite.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Deleting of any object that is associated with managed host fails with below error message on Satellite GUI:
  KT_RedHat_Library_puppet_1 is being used by a hidden Host::Managed resource
Organization is being used by a hidden Host::Managed resource
Location is being used by a hidden Host::Managed resource
Content_view is being used by a hidden Host::Managed resource
RedHat 7.x is being used by a hidden Host::Managed resource
Compute_resource is being used by a hidden Host::Managed resource
  • The error can be any of the above or any other object related to a managed host.

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.x.

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