OLVM: Unable to Install Host with Error: "Host <hostname1> installation failed. Host <hostname1> reports unique id which already registered for <hostname2>" (Doc ID 2650736.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 09, 2023

Applies to:

Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 7.6 with Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel [4.14.35] and later
Linux x86-64

Host Installation fails when adding Host to Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager with message such as the one seen below:

The KVM Host VM trying to add to OLVM is a clone of another KVM Host VM already installed in OLVM running on Oracle VM VirtualBox 6.0+.

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