Attempting to delete a file repository fails with below Couldn't find Katello::Repository with 'id'=xxxx in Red Hat Satellite 6

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Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6

Issue

  • Attempting to delete a file repository fails with below Error

    Couldn't find Katello::Content without an ID xxxx

Resolution

  • Check if there are any stuck tasks on satellite server

    # su - postgres -c "psql -d foreman -c 'select label,count(label),state,result from foreman_tasks_tasks where 
state <> '\''stopped'\'' group by label,state,result ORDER BY label;'"

  • If you find any tasks running, Then run below command to clean the tasks

    # foreman-rake foreman_tasks:cleanup TASK_SEARCH='label =' STATES='running,pending,planned,paused' VERBOSE=true

  • Once all the tasks are cleaned, Run below commands on Satellite server

    # foreman-rake katello:delete_orphaned_content --trace
# foreman-rake katello:clean_backend_objects --trace
# foreman-rake katello:correct_repositories COMMIT=true
# satellite-maintain service restart

Root Cause

  • Attempt to delete the repository gets stuck, and attempting to skip the task results in the error "Couldn't find Katello::Repository with 'id'=xxx indicates that there is no entry available in candlepin database therefore the subtask can be skipped and the remaining task can be resumed.

Diagnostic Steps

  • Check for the Error "Couldn't find Katello::Repository with 'id'=xxx " in Satellite task export
  • foreman-rake katello:correct_repositories COMMIT=false --trace

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