Growing disk space on RHEL 8 console fails with "Failed add partition to device '/dev/sda'" after extending a virtual disk

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • After extending a virtual disk for a VM, I am unable to create additional partitions via the cockpit web UI even with enough space for additional partitions

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • cockpit web UI

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