Red Hat Satellite 5.7 to 5.8 upgrade failing on database migration step

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Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 5.7
  • Embedded PostgreSQL database

Issue

  • Red Hat Satellite 5.7 to 5.8 upgrade failing with below error:
** Upgrading embedded database.
There was a problem during embedded database upgrade.
  Exit value: 1.
Please examine /var/log/rhn/rhn_installation.log for more information

This is from the installation.log
Complete!
/etc/init.d/rh-postgresql95-postgresql: line 43: /opt/rh/rh-postgresql95/root/usr/share/postgresql-setup/library.sh: No such file or directory
/usr/bin/scl_source: line 63: /opt/rh/rh-postgresql95/enable: No such file or directory
Can't source enable, skipping.
Stopping rh-postgresql95-postgresql service: [  OK  ]
Starting postgresql92-postgresql service: [  OK  ]
Stopping postgresql92-postgresql service: [  OK  ]
warning: /opt/rh/rh-postgresql95//enable scriptlet does not exist!
  • The spacewalk-upgrade-postgresql command fails with similar error.

Resolution

NOTE: Take a backup/snapshot of the satellite server.

  • Make sure the satellite is still on postgresql92:
# rpm -qa | grep postgresql92  --> should list 92 packages
# spacewalk-sql -i             --> should list server version 9.2
  • Reinstall all rh-postgresql95 packages:
# yum reinstall rh-postgresql95-postgresql rh-postgresql95-runtime rh-postgresql95-postgresql-pltcl rh-postgresql95-postgresql-server rh-postgresql95-postgresql-libs rh-postgresql95-postgresql-contrib
  • Re-run the upgrade command.

Diagnostic Steps

  • Complete traceback:
# spacewalk-upgrade-postgresql 
/etc/init.d/rh-postgresql95-postgresql: line 43: /opt/rh/rh-postgresql95/root/usr/share/postgresql-setup/library.sh: No such file or directory
/usr/bin/scl_source: line 63: /opt/rh/rh-postgresql95/enable: No such file or directory
Can't source enable, skipping.
Stopping rh-postgresql95-postgresql service:               [  OK  ]
Starting postgresql92-postgresql service:                  [  OK  ]
Stopping postgresql92-postgresql service:                  [  OK  ]
warning: /opt/rh/rh-postgresql95//enable scriptlet does not exist!
  • Database check:
# spacewalk-sql -i
psql (8.4.20, server 9.2.10)
WARNING: psql version 8.4, server version 9.2.
         Some psql features might not work.
Type "help" for help.

# rpm -qa | grep postgresql92
postgresql92-postgresql-9.2.10-2.el6.x86_64
postgresql92-postgresql-pltcl-9.2.10-2.el6.x86_64
postgresql92-postgresql-contrib-9.2.10-2.el6.x86_64
postgresql92-postgresql-libs-9.2.10-2.el6.x86_64
postgresql92-postgresql-server-9.2.10-2.el6.x86_64
postgresql92-runtime-1.1-21.el6.x86_64

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