Unable to download "vdsm" packages from Red Hat Satellite 6.1 for a particular host.

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Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.1

Issue

  • Unable to fetch all the required vdsm packages from Red Hat Satellite 6.1 for a particular host.

  • Yum is unable to download all the required packages of vdsm.

  • From working Host :

    # yum search vdsm
    Loaded plugins: package_upload, product-id, refresh-packagekit, security, subscription-manager
    rhel-6-server-rh-common-rpms                                                                              | 2.1 kB     00:00
    rhel-6-server-rhev-agent-rpms                                                                             | 1.9 kB     00:00
    rhel-6-server-rhevh-rpms                                                                                  | 1.9 kB     00:00
    rhel-6-server-rhevm-3.5-rpms                                                                              | 2.0 kB     00:00
    rhel-6-server-rpms                                                                                        | 2.0 kB     00:00
    rhel-6-server-satellite-tools-6.1-rpms                                                                    | 2.1 kB     00:00
    =============================================== N/S Matched: vdsm ================================================
    ovirt-node-plugin-vdsm.noarch : A plugin to make oVirt Node installs compatible with oVirt Engine and vdsm
    ovirt-node-plugin-vdsm-recipe.noarch : Kickstarts for building oVirt Node isos including ovirt-node-plugin-vdsm
    vdsm-cli.noarch : VDSM command line interface
    vdsm-jsonrpc.noarch : VDSM API Server
    vdsm-jsonrpc-java.noarch : oVirt JsonRpc java client (vdsm-jsonrpc-java)
    vdsm-python.noarch : VDSM python libraries
    vdsm-xmlrpc.noarch : VDSM xmlrpc API
    vdsm.x86_64 : Virtual Desktop Server Manager
    vdsm-python-zombiereaper.noarch : Collects zombie processes automatically
    vdsm-yajsonrpc.noarch : JSON RPC server and client implementation
    
    
    # yum repolist all
    Loaded plugins: package_upload, product-id, refresh-packagekit, security, subscription-manager
    rhel-6-server-rh-common-rpms                                                                              | 2.1 kB     00:00
    rhel-6-server-rhev-agent-rpms                                                                             | 1.9 kB     00:00
    rhel-6-server-rhevh-rpms                                                                                  | 1.9 kB     00:00
    rhel-6-server-rhevm-3.5-rpms                                                                              | 2.0 kB     00:00
    rhel-6-server-rpms                                                                                        | 2.0 kB     00:00
    rhel-6-server-satellite-tools-6.1-rpms                                                                    | 2.1 kB     00:00
    repo id                                    repo name                                                              status
    rhel-6-server-rh-common-rpms               Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server - RH Common (RPMs)                   enabled:    129
    rhel-6-server-rhev-agent-rpms              Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Agents for RHEL 6 Server (RPMs)      enabled:     84
    rhel-6-server-rhevh-rpms                   Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor (RPMs)                    enabled:    340
    rhel-6-server-rhevm-3.5-rpms               Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager 3.5 (RPMs)                   enabled:    311
    rhel-6-server-rpms                         Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server (RPMs)                               enabled: 18,458
    rhel-6-server-satellite-tools-6.1-rpms     Red Hat Satellite Tools 6.1 (for RHEL 6 Server) (RPMs)                 enabled:     87
    rhel-6-server-v2vwin-1-rpms                Red Hat Virt V2V Tool for RHEL 6 (RPMs)                                disabled
    rhel-source                                Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Server - x86_64 - Source                     disabled
    rhel-source-beta                           Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Server Beta - x86_64 - Source                disabled
    repolist: 19,409
    
  • From non-working host [Only 3 VDSM packages are found (compared to the many found from the other host)]:

    # yum search vdsm
    Loaded plugins: package_upload, product-id, search-disabled-repos, security, subscription-manager
    rhel-6-server-rh-common-rpms                                                                                               | 2.1 kB     00:00
    rhel-6-server-rhev-agent-rpms                                                                                              | 1.9 kB     00:00
    rhel-6-server-rhevh-rpms                                                                                                   | 1.9 kB     00:00
    rhel-6-server-rhevm-3.5-rpms                                                                                               | 2.0 kB     00:00
    rhel-6-server-rpms                                                                                                         | 2.0 kB     00:00
    rhel-6-server-satellite-tools-6.1-rpms                                                                                     | 2.1 kB     00:00
    rhel-6-server-v2vwin-1-rpms                                                                                                | 1.8 kB     00:00
    =============================================== N/S Matched: vdsm ================================================
    ovirt-node-plugin-vdsm.noarch : A plugin to make oVirt Node installs compatible with oVirt Engine and vdsm
    ovirt-node-plugin-vdsm-recipe.noarch : Kickstarts for building oVirt Node isos including ovirt-node-plugin-vdsm
    vdsm-jsonrpc-java.noarch : oVirt JsonRpc java client (vdsm-jsonrpc-java)
    
    
    # yum repolist all
    Loaded plugins: package_upload, product-id, search-disabled-repos, security, subscription-manager
    rhel-6-server-rh-common-rpms                                                                                               | 2.1 kB     00:00
    rhel-6-server-rhev-agent-rpms                                                                                              | 1.9 kB     00:00
    rhel-6-server-rhevh-rpms                                                                                                   | 1.9 kB     00:00
    rhel-6-server-rhevm-3.5-rpms                                                                                               | 2.0 kB     00:00
    rhel-6-server-rpms                                                                                                         | 2.0 kB     00:00
    rhel-6-server-satellite-tools-6.1-rpms                                                                                     | 2.1 kB     00:00
    rhel-6-server-v2vwin-1-rpms                                                                                                | 1.8 kB     00:00
    repo id                                             repo name                                                                      status
    rhel-6-server-rh-common-rpms                        Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server - RH Common (RPMs)                           enabled:    129
    rhel-6-server-rhev-agent-rpms                       Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Agents for RHEL 6 Server (RPMs)              enabled:     84
    rhel-6-server-rhevh-rpms                            Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor (RPMs)                            enabled:    340
    rhel-6-server-rhevm-3.5-rpms                        Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager 3.5 (RPMs)                           enabled:    311
    rhel-6-server-rpms                                  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server (RPMs)                                       enabled: 18,458
    rhel-6-server-satellite-tools-6.1-rpms              Red Hat Satellite Tools 6.1 (for RHEL 6 Server) (RPMs)                         enabled:     87
    rhel-6-server-v2vwin-1-rpms                         Red Hat Virt V2V Tool for RHEL 6 (RPMs)                                        enabled:      2
    rhel-source                                         Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Server - x86_64 - Source                             disabled
    rhel-source-beta                                    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Server Beta - x86_64 - Source                        disabled
    repolist: 19,411
    

Resolution

  • Check if Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Management Agents RPMs x86_64 6Server (rhel-6-server-rhev-mgmt-agent-rpms) repository is enabled or not. If it is not enabled, please use the below command to enable it.

    # subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-6-server-rhev-mgmt-agent-rpms
    
  • After enabling the repository, please perform the below steps to confirm if it is enabled.

    # yum clean all
    # yum repolist all
    

Root Cause

  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Management Agents RPMs x86_64 6Server (rhel-6-server-rhev-mgmt-agent-rpms) repository was not enabled so all the packages of vdsm were not available.

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