Red Hat Satellite upgrade fails with error "Could not upgrade database."

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Issue

Red Hat Satellite upgrade from version 5.4.1 to 5.5 fails with the error "Could not upgrade database".

./install.pl --upgrade --skip-selinux-test
* Starting the Red Hat Network 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.
* Applying updates.
* Installing RHN packages.
* Now running spacewalk-setup.
* Setting up Oracle environment.
* Setting up database.
** Database: Upgrading the database server to latest Oracle 10g:
** Database: This is a long process that is logged in:
** Database: /var/log/rhn/upgrade_db.log
*** Progress: #
Could not upgrade database.

Environment

Red Hat Satellite 5.4.1 (Embedded Oracle Database)

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