Why does redhat-upgrade-tool cannot load any configuration from preupgrade-assistant section ?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Most of the preupgrade assistant rule fails with errors

    # preupg -vd
    Result table with checks and their results for 'main contents':
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |BIND9 configuration compatibility                                                             |notapplicable     |
    |Dnsmasq                                                                                       |notapplicable     |
    |Samba SELinux context check                                                                   |notapplicable     |
    |FreeRADIUS                                                                                    |notapplicable     |
    |Identity Management Server                                                                    |notapplicable     |
    |Tomcat configuration compatibility check                                                      |notapplicable     |
    |Obsoleting Hardware Abstraction Layer                                                         |notapplicable     |
    |java-1.8.0-ibm compatibility check                                                            |notapplicable     |
    |Read-only FHS directories                                                                     |pass              |
    |CGROUP_DAEMON in sysconfig scripts                                                            |pass              |
    |VCS repositories                                                                              |informational     |
    |Removable media in the /etc/fstab file                                                        |informational     |
    |The yum configuration file                                                                    |informational     |
    |Ethernet interface naming                                                                     |needs_inspection  |
    |Repositories for Kickstart                                                                    |needs_inspection  |
    |Configuration files to be reviewed                                                            |error             |
    |File lists for the manual migration                                                           |error             |
    |Bacula Backup Software                                                                        |error             |
    |MySQL configuration                                                                           |error             |
    |MySQL data stack                                                                              |error             |
    |Changes related to moving from MySQL to MariaDB                                               |error             |
    |PostgreSQL                                                                                    |error             |
    |GNOME desktop environment                                                                     |error             |
    |KDE desktop environment                                                                       |error             |
    |POWER6 processors                                                                             |error             |
    |Graphic drivers not supported in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7                                   |error             |
    |Input drivers not supported in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7                                     |error             |
    |Kernel networking drivers not available in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7                         |error             |
    |Kernel storage drivers not available in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7                            |error             |
    |Red Hat Directory Server                                                                      |error             |
       :
    
  • Verifying results.html file generated by preupg report the below error

    preupg.log.ERROR: Can't load any configuration from section preupgrade-assistant!
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
    • redhat-upgrade-tool

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