During kickstart installation, host can't find the Satellite by name although DHCP contains the IP and name server information

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Issue

  • Bare metal kickstart.
  • Pause on coming up because machine can't find kickstart host by hostname.
  • Accessing kickstart server by IP address works perfectly.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Kickstart server or Red Hat Network Satellite

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