Subscription Watch reporting VM as Physical instead of Virtual

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Virtual Machines registered to Satellite are reporting as Type as Physical on Subscription Watch instead of Virtual
  • Elevated subscription usage count seen on Subscription portal for the virtual machine registered to Red Hat Satellite as portal is reporting them as Physical systems.
  • Subscription threshold exceeded email received for the 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Virtual Datacenters with Satellite' subscription despite there have been no changes to the physical infrastructure.

Environment

  • Subscription Watch (SWATCH)
  • Red Hat Satellite
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

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