Candlepin service fails to start during the Red Hat Satellite 6 server underlying OS upgrade from version 7.9 to 8 using the Leapp upgrade process.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Candlepin service encounters an error and does not start during the upgrade of the Red Hat Satellite 6 server's underlying OS from version 7 to 8 using the Leapp upgrade process.

  • During the OS upgrade of the Red Hat Satellite 6 server from 7 to 8 using Leapp upgrade, the Candlepin service fails to start, causing an issue in the upgrade process.

  • An issue arises when attempting to upgrade the underlying OS of the Red Hat Satellite 6 server from 7 to 8 using Leapp upgrade, as the Candlepin service fails to start.

    2023-04-05 13:35:30.332 WARNING  PID: 452 leapp.workflow.Applications.satellite_upgrade_data_migration: Failed moving PostgreSQL data: Destination path '/var/lib/pgsql/data/global' already exists

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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