What were you trying to do that didn't work?

4.18 lane constantly failing with data mismatch on rhel7.8 and rhel7.9 guest agent tests

(top dict - GA output, bottom - info from guest os) ValueError: Data mismatch!
Virtctl: {'guestAgentVersion': '2.12.0', 'hostname': 'localhost.localdomain', 'os':

{'name': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server', 'kernelRelease': '3.10.0-1127.19.1.el7.x86_64', 'version': '7.8 (Maipo)', 'prettyName': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.8 (Maipo)', 'versionId': '7.8', 'kernelVersion': '#1 SMP Tue Aug 11 19:12:04 EDT 2020', 'machine': 'x86_64', 'id': 'rhel'}

, 'timezone': 'EST, -18000'}
OS: {'guestAgentVersion': '2.12.0', 'hostname': 'rhel-7-8-1733676966-7290413', 'os':

{'name': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server', 'kernelRelease': '3.10.0-1127.19.1.el7.x86_64', 'version': '7.8 (Maipo)', 'prettyName': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.8 (Maipo)', 'versionId': '7.8', 'kernelVersion': '#1 SMP Tue Aug 11 19:12:04 EDT 2020', 'machine': 'x86_64', 'id': 'rhel'}

, 'timezone': 'EST, -18000'}

guest agent returns - 'hostname': 'localhost.localdomain'

What is the impact of this issue to you?

 guest agent returns - 'hostname': 'localhost.localdomain'

 

Please provide the package NVR for which the bug is seen:

How reproducible is this bug?:

Always

Steps to reproduce

1.create and start rhel7.8/9 vm from common template
2.wait for OS to boot and GA to start reporting data
3.check vmi describe GA section

Expected results

'hostname': 'rhel-7-8-1733676966-7290413'

Actual results

'hostname': 'localhost.localdomain'