Receive the following error "open3: exec of service oracle restart failed at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5/Spacewalk/Setup.pm line 224" when trying to upgrade RHN Satellite

Issue

• Customer is unable to upgrade the RHN satellite server from version 5.1.1 to 5.3.0. Receives the following error during the initial stages of the upgrade process

    open3: exec of service oracle restart failed at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5/Spacewalk/Setup.pm line 224

• Upgrade from RHN Satellite 5.4.1 to 5.5 fails
• I have tried to upgrade a 5.4.1 Satellite to version 5.5 but it fails with an error.

    open3: exec of service oracle restart failed at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/Spacewalk/Setup.pm line 252