Upgrading Satellite results in error "Could not install database."
Issue
- Error when running upgrade :
./install.pl --upgrade --skip-selinux-test
* Starting Red Hat Satellite installer.
* Performing pre-install checks.
* Pre-install checks complete. Beginning installation.
* RHN Registration.
** Registration: System is already registered with RHN. Not re-registering.
* Upgrade flag passed. Stopping necessary services.
* Purging conflicting packages.
* Checking for uninstalled prerequisites.
* Installing RHN packages.
* Now running spacewalk-setup.
** Database: Setting up database connection for PostgreSQL backend.
** Database: Installing the database:
** Database: This is a long process that is logged in:
** Database: /var/log/rhn/install_db.log
*** Progress: ##################
Could not install database.
Environment
- Red Hat Network Satellite 5.4
- Red Hat Satellite 5.7
- Embedded Oracle DB
- Embedded Postgres DB
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