Sorry, I missed your comment. No, the "base" command (creating a basedisk) is implied in the "cluster" command (if the basedisk is missing, it gets built automatically). I have a habit of running "base" for testing because it recreates the basedisk which may help find errors created by changes in the upstream software repositories.
Have you tried Queens instead of Rocky? This would allow us to rule out the new Bionic image as the problem.
Sorry, I missed your comment. No, the "base" command (creating a basedisk) is implied in the "cluster" command (if the basedisk is missing, it gets built automatically). I have a habit of running "base" for testing because it recreates the basedisk which may help find errors created by changes in the upstream software repositories.
Have you tried Queens instead of Rocky? This would allow us to rule out the new Bionic image as the problem.