Agent Based Installation fails with error "Failed to update host installation disk to /dev/not-found-by-hints"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Agent Based Installation halts installation with following message.

    Installation cannot proceed:
    master0: Failed to update host installation disk to /dev/not-found-by-hints (from /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:04:00.0-ata-1.0): Requested installation disk is not part of the host's valid disks.
    
  • The journalctl logs produce error as,

    master0 apply-host-config[5194]: time="2023-11-23T11:26:57Z" level=error msg="Host master0 update refused: AssistedServiceError Code: 409 Href:  ID: 409 Kind: Error Reason: Requested installation disk is not part of the host's valid disks"
    

Environment

  • OpenShift Container Platform 4.14
  • Agent Based Installer

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