Satellite upgrade to version 6.9 affects the host group configuration

Issue

Upgrading Red Hat Satellite server to 6.9.0, 6.9.1 or 6.9.2 from 6.8 or below may result in data loss for host groups with kickstart repositories. This causes issues like provisioning a host with a hostgroup results in:

 ‘Could not create the host: Medium can't be blank‘ 

Customers existing Hostgroups defined in Satellite 6.8 or prior to the upgrade to 6.9 have lost their
their associated:

• Content View
• Lifecycle Environment
• Content Source
• Kickstart Repository ID

Customers would have to re-associate the values after upgrade which can cause significant impact.