Not enough space in file systems for the current software selection. An additional XXXX MiB is needed.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

The installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 failed with some storage problem.
Kickstart is used for this installation.

Starting automated install..
Generating updated storage configuration
storage configuration failed: ('cannot replace active format', 'sda')

And,

Not enough space in file systems for the current software selection. An additional XXXX MiB is needed.

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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