KVM : VM creation with smbios type=host fails with "Don't know how to build fields for SMBIOS type 2".

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • VM creation with smbios type=host fails at Don't know how to build fields for SMBIOS type 2.
  • virt-install with option --sysinfo host fails.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6
  • virt-manager-1.4.3-3.el7.noarch
  • qemu-kvm-1.5.3-160.el7_6.1.x86_64

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