yum command output error "db5 error(-30969) from dbenv->open: BDB0091 DB_VERSION_MISMATCH: Database environment version mismatch".
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Satellite 6
- PackageKit
Issue
- yum command output error "db5 error(-30969) from dbenv->open: BDB0091 DB_VERSION_MISMATCH: Database environment version mismatch".
Resolution
-
Stop packagekit.service
# systemctl stop packagekit.service -
How to disable packagekit.service.
Refer to: How to disable/enable automatic updates in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 or 8?
Root Cause
- A packagekitd is opening the rpm database in a /var/lib/rpm directory.
Diagnostic Steps
yum update fails with following error messages then the command fails.
# yum update
<snip>
(586/586): java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-1.8.0.332.b09-2.el8_6.x86_64.rpm 32 MB/s | 34 MB 00:01
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
合計 21 MB/s | 1.0 GB 00:47
トランザクションの確認を実行中
トランザクションの確認に成功しました。
トランザクションのテストを実行中
トランザクションのテストに成功しました。
トランザクションを実行中
RPM: エラー: db5 error(-30969) from dbenv->open: BDB0091 DB_VERSION_MISMATCH: Database environment version mismatch <==
RPM: エラー: cannot open Packages index using db5 - (-30969) <==
RPM: エラー: /var/lib/rpm にある Package データベースを開けません。 <==
ダウンロード済みのパッケージは、次の正常なトランザクションまでキャッシュに保存されました。
'yum clean packages' を実行することでキャッシュパッケージを削除できます。
エラー: トランザクションを実行できませんでした。
#
Some processes may be opening rpm database file in the /var/lib/rpm directory.
# lsof | grep lib/rpm
packageki 2685 0 mem REG 253,0 1318912 1342180248 /var/lib/rpm/__db.003
packageki 2685 0 mem-R REG 253,0 311296 1342177924 /var/lib/rpm/__db.001
packageki 2685 0 mem REG 253,0 90112 1342180247 /var/lib/rpm/__db.002
packageki 2685 0 40r REG 253,0 168742912 1342177413 /var/lib/rpm/Packages
packageki 2685 0 44uR REG 253,0 311296 1342177924 /var/lib/rpm/__db.001
packageki 2685 0 45uR REG 253,0 311296 1342177924 /var/lib/rpm/__db.001
packageki 2685 0 61u REG 253,0 90112 1342180247 /var/lib/rpm/__db.002
packageki 2685 0 62u REG 253,0 1318912 1342180248 /var/lib/rpm/__db.003
packageki 2685 0 63r REG 253,0 81920 1342177415 /var/lib/rpm/Name
#
PID 2685 is a packagekitd.
# ps auxwwwm grep packageki
root 2685 0.0 6.9 2115332 1100536 ? - Feb25 20:11 /usr/libexec/packagekitd
#
After the packagekit.service is stopped, the yum command is successfully executed.
# systemctl stop packagekit.service
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