subscription-manager cannot read DMI information from the host system causing RHEL 9 to fail registering to Satellite server
Issue
- While register the system to the Satellite server using an activation key with the
auto-attachfeature the wrong subscription will be attached -
The subscription-manager command cannot read DMI information from the system and reports error messages to the
/var/log/rhsm/rhsm.logfile2022-06-02 14:57:54,621 [WARNING] subscription-manager:1171:MainThread @dmiinfo.py:95 - Error reading system DMI information with bios: [src/dmidecodemodule.c:331] Error decoding DMI data […] Failed to open memory buffer (/dev/mem): Operation not permitted
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9 as VMware guest
- Guest uses
UEFI BIOS Secure Bootis enabled
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