Latest packages are unavailable over the host registered to Red Hat Satellite 6

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Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.x

Issue

  • Yum upgrade fails on hosts because of unavailability of latest packages on Satellite.

  • Unable to update RHEL Operating System to the latest version

  • Content Hosts applied to a content view is unable to see the newly synced repositories

  • The yum upgrade command gives a dependency error similar to the following:

    Error: Package: php-mysqlnd-5.4.16-43.el7_4.x86_64 (@rhel-7-server-optional-rpms)
       Requires: php-pdo(x86-64) = 5.4.16-43.el7_4
       Removing: php-pdo-5.4.16-43.el7_4.x86_64 (@rhel-7-server-rpms)
           php-pdo(x86-64) = 5.4.16-43.el7_4
       Updated By: php-pdo-5.4.16-43.el7_4.1.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
           php-pdo(x86-64) = 5.4.16-43.el7_4.1
       Available: php-pdo-5.4.16-21.el7.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
           php-pdo(x86-64) = 5.4.16-21.el7

Resolution

  • Synchronize the repositories to obtain the latest packages:

    • On the Red Hat Satellite WebUI, navigate to Content -> Sync status -> check the box of the required repository -> click on Synchronize Now.
    • Now navigate to Hosts -> Content Hosts -> Click on the client system in question and note the Content View associated with this Host.
    • If the content view is not Default Organization View, go to Content -> Content Views -> Select the Content View -> Publish New Version.
    • Once the publish task is successfully finished, navigate to Content -> Content Views -> Select the Content View -> Promote the latest version to the appropriate Environment

  • Apply proper filter on Content View:

    • On the Red Hat Satellite WebUI, navigate to Content -> Content View -> Select the Content View -> Yum Content -> Filter

For more KB articles/solutions related to Red Hat Satellite 6.x Repository Issues, please refer to the Red Hat Satellite Consolidated Troubleshooting Article for Red Hat Satellite 6.x Repository Issues.

For more KB articles/solutions related to Red Hat Satellite 6.x Content View Issues, please refer to the Red Hat Satellite Consolidated Troubleshooting Article for Red Hat Satellite 6.x Content View Issues

Root Cause

  • Repositories were not synced recently hence the latest packages weren't available.

  • Content Views Publish and Promote is required when updates on the host registered to Red Hat Satellite 6 is controlled with a Content View.

Diagnostic Steps

  • Check if the source repository of the package is enabled on the client CLI:

    # yum repolist

  • Check if the repository was recently synchronized on the Red Hat Satellite CLI:

    # hammer repository info --id <Repository_ID> --organization-id <Organization_ID>

  • Confirm the availability of the required packages on the Red Hat Satellite WebUI:

    • Content -> Packages -> Search by the Package Name.

  • Confirm if the package is available in the Content View:

    • Content -> Content Views -> Select the content view and version -> Packages -> Search by the Package Name.
    • Content -> Content Views -> Select the content view -> Yum Content -> Filters -> Check if the content view has any filter that could exclude packages.

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