Failed to create host with error "Failed to save: Failed to upload ISO image for instance host.example.com: FileAlreadyExists:" in Red Hat Satellite 6.6

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When attempting to create a host on VMware from satellite using auto attach boot-disk feature, the host creation fails with the following error.

    Failed to save: Failed to upload ISO image for instance client.example.com: FileAlreadyExists: Cannot complete the operation because the file or folder [DATASTORENAME] foreman_isos already exists
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.6
  • VMware vSphere 6.X

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