Red Hat Satellite upgrade fails with error Validation failed: Name has already been taken at db:seed stage

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Issue

  • Satellite upgrade is failing and the following errors are observed in /var/log/foreman-installer/satellite.log:

    [DEBUG 2021-04-04T23:00:20 main] Exit with status code: 6 (signal was 6)
    [ERROR 2021-04-04T23:00:20 main] Errors encountered during run:
    [ERROR 2021-04-04T23:00:20 main]  /Stage[main]/Foreman::Database/Foreman::Rake[db:seed]/Exec[foreman-rake-db:seed]: Failed to call refresh: '/usr/sbin/foreman-rake db:seed' returned 1 instead of one of [0]
    [ERROR 2021-04-04T23:00:20 main]  /Stage[main]/Foreman::Database/Foreman::Rake[db:seed]/Exec[foreman-rake-db:seed]: '/usr/sbin/foreman-rake db:seed' returned 1 instead of one of [0]
    
  • Following errors observed while running command foreman-rake db:seed --trace:

    Seeding /opt/theforeman/tfm/root/usr/share/gems/gems/foreman_theme_satellite-4.0.1.7/db/seeds.d/069-provisioning_templates_defaults.rb
    Seeding /usr/share/foreman/db/seeds.d/070-provisioning_templates.rb
    rake aborted!
    Unable to update template Kickstart default PXELinux: Name has already been taken
    /usr/share/foreman/lib/seed_helper.rb:129:in `import_raw_template'
    /usr/share/foreman/lib/seed_helper.rb:138:in `block in import_templates'
    /usr/share/foreman/lib/seed_helper.rb:137:in `each'
    /usr/share/foreman/lib/seed_helper.rb:137:in `import_templates'
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.x

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