System unable to boot post leapp upgrade from RHEL8 to RHEL 9 failing with `Failed to start Load Kernel Modules`
Issue
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After leapp upgrade from RHEL8 to RHEL9, system did not boot and was stuck at stage
[FAILED] Failed to start Load Kernel Modules. See 'systemctl status systemd-modules-load.service' for details. [FAILED] Failed to start Rule-based Manager for Device Events and Files. See 'systemctl status systemd-udevd.service' for details. A start job for /dev/disk/by-uuid/69d8a426-8782-47cb-a14e-12446ab4a4d3 (3min 5s / no limit) -
Unable to boot and everytime system gets stuck at either /dev/disk/by-uuid/ or Rule-based Manager service job running.
A start job for Rule-based Manager for Device Events and Files (3min 5s / no limit) and A start job for /dev/disk/by-uuid/69d8a426-8782-47cb-a14e-12446ab4a4d3 (3min 10s / no limit) -
Entries in /etc/nsswitch.conf caused system boot failure.
# cat /etc/nsswitch.conf passwd: sss files systemd cyberark group: cyberark sss files systemd initgroups: cyberark files
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
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