3.17. Upgrade Issues

This section describes known issues with the Upgrade component of Satellite 6.1
BZ 1222194: Upgrade from 6.0 to 6.1 fails if Satellite host name has been changed
Issue

If you installed Satellite 6.0 and changed the host name of that Satellite, the upgrade procedure to Satellite 6.1 fails. When you run the katello-installer command, you might see output similar to the following: 

katello-installer --upgrade
Upgrading...
Upgrade Step: migrate_pulp...
Upgrade Step: migrate_candlepin...
Upgrade Step: migrate_foreman...
Upgrade Step: Running installer...
 /Stage[main]/Foreman_proxy::Register/Foreman_smartproxy[jnikolakrhel7sat6.usersys.redhat.com]: Could not evaluate: Could not load data from https://sat6.example.com
 /Stage[main]/Foreman_proxy::Register/Foreman_smartproxy[jnikolakrhel7sat6.usersys.redhat.com]: Failed to call refresh: Could not load data from https://sat6.example.com
 /Stage[main]/Foreman_proxy::Register/Foreman_smartproxy[jnikolakrhel7sat6.usersys.redhat.com]: Could not load data from https://sat6.example.com
Installing             Done                                               [100%] [...................]
  Something went wrong! Check the log for ERROR-level output
  The full log is at /var/log/katello-installer/katello-installer.log
Workaround

No specific workaround is available at this time. To ensure a smooth and error-free upgrade, do not change the Satellite host name prior to or during the upgrade. Changing the host name is currently not supported, but will be available in a future release.

BZ 1219792: On successful completion of upgrade, katello-installer.log ends with Error: <NilClass> nil
Issue

After a successful Satellite upgrade, you may see the following error message in the installer.log log file. This error message can be safely ignored and will be resolved in a future release. 

ERROR 2015-05-08 04:45:27 main] Repeating errors encountered during run:
[ERROR 2015-05-08 04:45:27 main] <NilClass> nil
Workaround

None at this time.