EXT4 errors seen while installing RHEL8.5 system over the network using Red Hat Satellite 6

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Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.x
  • VMware ESXi 6.7

Issue

  • On ESXi VMware 6.7 getting following errors while deploying RHEL8.5 system over the network using Red Hat Satellite 6.x
[1] EXT4-fs error (device dm-0): ext4_find_entry:1446: inode #1841: comm systemd: reading directory lblock 0

[2]  Failed to start switch root
Warning: /dev/root does not exist

[3] Generating `/run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt`
Buffer I/O error on dev dm-0, logical block 786416, async page read

Resolution

Root Cause

  • Deployment of RHEL8.5 using DVD needs more memory.

Diagnostic Steps

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