Satellite or Capsule Server Failing to Start Postgresql - An old version of the database format was found

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Satellite or Capsule server was installed with an unsupported version of postgresql (postgresql 10).
  • At some point the postgresql rpms were update to postgresql-12
  • Now the postgresql server is failing to start with a status message:
Oct  8 03:57:47 capsule.example.com systemd[1]: Starting PostgreSQL database server...
Oct  8 03:57:47 capsule.example.com postgresql-check-db-dir[7390]: An old version of the database format was found.

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.11
  • Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.11

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