VM fails to create with error Unknown OS name.

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • On RHEL 8.2, creating VM fails with following error:-
ERROR    Unknown OS name 'rhel7.9'. See `osinfo-query os` for valid values.", "stderr_lines": ["ERROR    Unknown OS name 'rhel7.9'. See `osinfo-query os` for valid values."

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2

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