PCA Upgrade from 2.0.5 to 2.1.1 Fails with Package OpenIPMI-tools-2.0.16-7.el5.x86

Asset ID:	1-72-2130366.1
Update Date:	2016-07-13
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Solution 2130366.1 : PCA Upgrade from 2.0.5 to 2.1.1 Fails with Package OpenIPMI-tools-2.0.16-7.el5.x86_64 conflict.

Applies to:

Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance X3-2 Hardware - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
Linux x86-64

Symptoms

Upgrade Private Cloud Appliance ( PCA ) 2.0.5 to 2.1.1. is failing with the following errors in AdminServer.log while upgrading the Compute Nodes:

stdout:
, on server: e0:56:40:6a:00:10:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:20:00:08, associated with object: e0:56:40:6a:00:10:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:20:00:08 [Sat Apr 16 12:34:00 UTC 2016]
com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.exception.JobFailureException: OVMAPI_5001E Job:1,460,810,027,626/QueuedServerYumUpgradeDbImpl_1460810027625/QueuedServerYumUpgradeDbImpl:
Server Yum Upgrade for Server: ovcacn09r1, failed.
The job has a Job Failure Event: 1,460,810,039,937/Job Error: Server Async Command Failed/(04/16/2016 12:33:59:971 PM)
Async operation failed on server: ovcacn09r1.
Object: ovcacn09r1,
PID: 28832,
Server error message: Command: ['/usr/bin/yum', 'update', '-y', '-q'] failed
(1): stderr: Repository 'ovm_repo' is missing name in configuration, using id

Transaction Check Error:
file /usr/sbin/ipmievd from install of ipmitool-1.8.12.0-0.el5.x86_64 conflicts with file from package OpenIPMI-tools-2.0.16-7.el5.x86_64
file /usr/share/man/man1/ipmitool.1.gz from install of ipmitool-1.8.12.0-0.el5.x86_64 conflicts with file from package OpenIPMI-tools-2.0.16-7.el5.x86_64

Changes

rpm OpenIPMI-tools-2.0.16-7.el5.x86_64 is installed on Compute Node.

Cause

rpm OpenIPMI-tools-2.0.16-7.el5.x86_64 should not be installed on Compute Nodes as it is not part of the standard 2.0.5 installation.

Solution

Remove package OpenIPMI-tools-2.0.16-7.el5.x86_64 using yum:

# yum remove OpenIPMI-tools-2.0.16-7.el5.x86_64

The running upgrade will continue after this.

References

<NOTE:2105356.1> - Fatal ZFS Storage Appliance Error When Applying PCA Bundle Patch 2.1.1
<NOTE:2100702.1> - Handling Private Cloud Appliance (PCA) 2.1.1. Upgrade Issues Including Delays and Failures

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