"rhn-satellite start" reports "Warning: Oracle DB instance rhnsat possibly left running when system went down (system crash?)"
Issue
When we try to start or restart the Red Hat Network Satellite instance using rhn-satellite start, the Satellite does start/restart successfully, but a warning is reported:
# rhn-satellite start
Starting spacewalk services...
Initializing jabberd processes ...
Starting router: [ OK ]
Starting sm: [ OK ]
Starting c2s: [ OK ]
Starting s2s: [ OK ]
Starting Oracle Net Listener ... [ OK ]
Starting Oracle DB instance "rhnsat" ...
itps: Warning: Oracle DB instance rhnsat possibly left running when system went down (system crash?).
[ OK ]
Starting tomcat6: [ OK ]
Starting httpd: [ OK ]
Environment
- Red Hat Network Satellite 5.4.1, possibly all Satellite 5 versions
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