9.2 Cannot Re-install Oracle VM Server Across Multiple Disks or LUNs using a Kickstart Configuration

If you try to re-install Oracle VM Server using a kickstart configuration across multiple LUNS, with one LUN dedicated to swap, the installation fails with a device error message, similar to the following: 

DeviceError: ('cannot replace active format', 'sdh')

This occurs because during the re-installation, the anaconda installation wizard fails to reformat the LUN dedicated to swap as it is already in use from the previous installation, resulting in the error.

Workaround: There is no workaround for this issue. Oracle VM Release 3.4 supports installations of Oracle VM Server onto a single disk or LUN only. As a result, kickstart installations across multiple disks in a non-software RAID configuration is not supported.

Bug 27021529

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