Leapp upgrade fail with error "Inhibitor:Newest installed kernel not in use" Upgrade cannot proceed

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Issue

  • While trying to upgrade to RHEL8 from RHEL7 using Leapp, the following error message is printed:
    Inhibitor: Newest installed kernel not in use.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

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