[Satellite6] hammer create host fails with "failed to create vm: undefined method `new' for nil:NilClass"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • creating a host via hammer
    • used option --interface=..,type=interface,..
  • creating failed with error "Failed to create a compute MyCompute (VMWare) instance newhost.example.com: failed to create vm: undefined method `new' for nil:NilClass"

Environment

Red Hat Satellite or Proxy 6

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