Upgrading Satellite results in error "Could not install database."

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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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