Reindexing of foreman database fails with error`could not create unique index "index_katello_installed_packages_on_nvrea"`after the in-place OS upgrade of Satellite 6.11 to RHEL 8

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Issue

  • After performing the in-place OS upgrade of the Red Hat Satellite 6.11 server from RHEL 7 to 8, the attempt of reindexing all the databases as per the upgrade guide, runs into one or both of the following errors:

    Reindexing katello_installed_packages
ERROR:  could not create unique index "index_katello_installed_packages_on_nvrea"
DETAIL:  Key (nvrea)=(openblas-threads64-0.3.15-6.el8.x86_64) is duplicated.

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.11

    • Being converted from RHEL 7 to RHEL 8 or being migrated to RHEL 8.

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