Channel removal using `Spacewalk-remove-channel` command fails with "OSError: [Errno 17] File exists: '/var/satellite/redhat/NULL/e6e'" on Red Hat Satellite.

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Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 5.x
  • Channel deletion using spacewalk-remove-channel

Issue

  • Channel deletion using Spacewalk-remove-channel fails with below traceback:
[root@Satellite pub]# /usr/bin/spacewalk-remove-channel -v -c rhel-i386-es-4-extras
2014/07/08 10:58:47 +02:00 rhnSQL/driver_cx_Oracle.connect('Connecting to database', '//localhost:1521/rhnsat.world')
Deleting package metadata (570):
                  ________________________________________
Removing:         ######################################## - complete

ERROR: unhandled exception occurred: ([Errno 17] File exists: '/var/satellite/redhat/NULL/e6e').
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/spacewalk-remove-channel", line 553, in ?
    sys.exit(main() or 0)
  File "/usr/bin/spacewalk-remove-channel", line 149, in main
    skip_channels=options.skip_channels)
  File "/usr/bin/spacewalk-remove-channel", line 301, in delete_channels
    _delete_files(rpms_paths + srpms_paths)
  File "/usr/bin/spacewalk-remove-channel", line 513, in _delete_files
    unlink_package_file(path)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/spacewalk/server/rhnPackage.py", line 117, in unlink_package_file
    os.rmdir(dirname)
OSError: [Errno 17] File exists: '/var/satellite/redhat/NULL/e6e'

Resolution

  • Move the /var/satellite filesystem to a supported ext3 filesystem.

Root Cause

  • /var/satellite filesystem was mounted on vxfs (Veritas ) filesystem, it is not supported.
  • The vxfs is shipped and supported by Veritas. Please contact the filesystem vendor for assistance with non-Red Hat tools and filesystems. Please refer Production Support Scope of Coverage for more details.

Diagnostic Steps

  1. From spacewalk-debug:
# cat diskinfo 
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
[...]
/dev/vx/dsk/rhns_dg/rhns_vol
                      300G  266G   33G  90% /var/satellite

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