Problem patching & upgrading a RHEL oVirt host
Hello,I followed some instructions I found in https://www.ovirt.org/documentation/upgrade_guide/ and https://www.ovirt.org/download/install_on_rhel.html by doing the following: 883 subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms 884 subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 885 subscription-manager repos --enable codeready-builder-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms 886 rpm -i --justdb --nodeps --force "http://mirror.centos.org/centos/8-stream/BaseOS/$(rpm --eval '%_arch')/os/Packages/centos-stream-release-8.6-1.el8.noarch.rpm" 887 cat >/etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Stream-Extras.repo <<'EOF' 888 [cs8-extras] 889 name=CentOS Stream $releasever - Extras 890 mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=8-stream&arch=$basearch&repo=extras&infra=$infra 891 #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/$contentdir/8-stream/extras/$basearch/os/ 892 gpgcheck=1 893 enabled=1 894 gpgkey=https://www.centos.org/keys/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Official 895 EOF 896 cat >/etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Stream-Extras-common.repo <<'EOF' 897 [cs8-extras-common] 898 name=CentOS Stream $releasever - Extras common packages 899 mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=8-stream&arch=$basearch&repo=extras-extras-common 900 #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/$contentdir/8-stream/extras/$basearch/extras-common... 901 gpgcheck=1 902 enabled=1 903 gpgkey=https://www.centos.org/keys/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-SIG-Extras 904 EOF 905 echo "8-stream" > /etc/yum/vars/stream 906 dnf distro-sync --nobest 907 reboot 908 dnf install centos-release-ovirt45 909 dnf install centos-release-ovirt45 --enablerepo=extras But now, yum update isn't working because its trying to install centos-stream-release 8.6.1 over redhat-release-8.6. Surely I shouldn't install CentOS stream release over RHEL release, should I? See below: [root@phys1 dwhite]# cat /etc/redhat-releaseRed Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.5 (Ootpa)[root@phys1 dwhite]# yum updateUpdating Subscription Management repositories.Last metadata expiration check: 0:02:01 ago on Thu 12 May 2022 05:59:38 AM EDT.Error: Problem: installed package centos-stream-release-8.6-1.el8.noarch obsoletes redhat-release < 9 provided by redhat-release-8.6-0.1.el8.x86_64 - cannot install the best update candidate for package redhat-release-8.5-0.8.el8.x86_64 - problem with installed package centos-stream-release-8.6-1.el8.noarch(try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages or '--nobest' to use not only best candidate packages) Sent with ProtonMail secure email.
Il giorno gio 12 mag 2022 alle ore 12:34 David White via Users < users@ovirt.org> ha scritto:
Hello, I followed some instructions I found in https://www.ovirt.org/documentation/upgrade_guide/ and https://www.ovirt.org/download/install_on_rhel.html by doing the following:
883 subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms 884 subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 885 subscription-manager repos --enable codeready-builder-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms 886 rpm -i --justdb --nodeps --force " http://mirror.centos.org/centos/8-stream/BaseOS/$(rpm --eval '%_arch')/os/Packages/centos-stream-release-8.6-1.el8.noarch.rpm" 887 cat >/etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Stream-Extras.repo <<'EOF' 888 [cs8-extras] 889 name=CentOS Stream $releasever - Extras 890 mirrorlist= http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=8-stream&arch=$basearch&repo=extras&infra=$infra 891 #baseurl= http://mirror.centos.org/$contentdir/8-stream/extras/$basearch/os/ 892 gpgcheck=1 893 enabled=1 894 gpgkey=https://www.centos.org/keys/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Official 895 EOF 896 cat >/etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Stream-Extras-common.repo <<'EOF' 897 [cs8-extras-common] 898 name=CentOS Stream $releasever - Extras common packages 899 mirrorlist= http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=8-stream&arch=$basearch&repo=extras-extras-common 900 #baseurl= http://mirror.centos.org/$contentdir/8-stream/extras/$basearch/extras-common... 901 gpgcheck=1 902 enabled=1 903 gpgkey=https://www.centos.org/keys/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-SIG-Extras 904 EOF 905 echo "8-stream" > /etc/yum/vars/stream 906 dnf distro-sync --nobest 907 reboot 908 dnf install centos-release-ovirt45 909 dnf install centos-release-ovirt45 --enablerepo=extras
*But now, yum update isn't working because its trying to install centos-stream-release 8.6.1 over redhat-release-8.6.*
Surely I shouldn't install CentOS stream release over RHEL release, should I? See below:
[root@phys1 dwhite]# cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.5 (Ootpa) [root@phys1 dwhite]# yum update Updating Subscription Management repositories. Last metadata expiration check: 0:02:01 ago on Thu 12 May 2022 05:59:38 AM EDT. Error: Problem: installed package centos-stream-release-8.6-1.el8.noarch obsoletes redhat-release < 9 provided by redhat-release-8.6-0.1.el8.x86_64 - cannot install the best update candidate for package redhat-release-8.5-0.8.el8.x86_64 - problem with installed package centos-stream-release-8.6-1.el8.noarch (try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages or '--nobest' to use not only best candidate packages)
you can: rpm -e --justdb centos-stream-release dnf update redhat-release -y rpm -i --justdb --nodeps --force " http://mirror.centos.org/centos/8-stream/BaseOS/$(rpm --eval '%_arch')/os/Packages/centos-stream-release-8.6-1.el8.noarch.rpm" Alma, Rocky and others are providing centos-release in their own release rpm so this step is not needed there.
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On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 1:10 PM Sandro Bonazzola <sbonazzo@redhat.com> wrote: [snip]
you can:
rpm -e --justdb centos-stream-release dnf update redhat-release -y rpm -i --justdb --nodeps --force " http://mirror.centos.org/centos/8-stream/BaseOS/$(rpm --eval '%_arch')/os/Packages/centos-stream-release-8.6-1.el8.noarch.rpm"
Alma, Rocky and others are providing centos-release in their own release rpm so this step is not needed there.
I don't like the "--nodeps" part... ;-(
That first command produces the following error, some of which look pretty important to the functioning of oVirt. [root@phys1 dwhite]# rpm -e --justdb centos-stream-releaseerror: Failed dependencies:centos-release >= 7-5.1804.el7.centos.2 is needed by (installed) centos-release-storage-common-0:2-2.el8.noarchcentos-release >= 8-0.1905.el8 is needed by (installed) centos-release-ceph-pacific-1.0-2.el8.noarchcentos-release >= 8.1 is needed by (installed) centos-release-gluster10-1.0-1.el8s.noarchcentos-release is needed by (installed) centos-release-virt-common-0:1-2.el8.noarchcentos-release is needed by (installed) centos-release-opstools-1-12.el8.noarchcentos-release is needed by (installed) centos-release-nfv-common-1-3.el8.noarchcentos-release is needed by (installed) centos-release-ovirt45-8.6-5.el8s.noarch Sent with ProtonMail secure email. ------- Original Message ------- On Thursday, May 12th, 2022 at 7:08 AM, Sandro Bonazzola <sbonazzo@redhat.com> wrote:
Il giorno gio 12 mag 2022 alle ore 12:34 David White via Users <users@ovirt.org> ha scritto:
Hello,I followed some instructions I found in https://www.ovirt.org/documentation/upgrade_guide/ and https://www.ovirt.org/download/install_on_rhel.html by doing the following: 883 subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms884 subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms885 subscription-manager repos --enable codeready-builder-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms886 rpm -i --justdb --nodeps --force "http://mirror.centos.org/centos/8-stream/BaseOS/$(rpm --eval '%_arch')/os/Packages/centos-stream-release-8.6-1.el8.noarch.rpm"887 cat >/etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Stream-Extras.repo <<'EOF'888 [cs8-extras]889 name=CentOS Stream $releasever - Extras890 mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=8-stream&arch=$basearch&repo=extras&infra=$infra891 #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/$contentdir/8-stream/extras/$basearch/os/892 gpgcheck=1893 enabled=1894 gpgkey=https://www.centos.org/keys/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Official895 EOF896 cat >/etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Stream-Extras-common.repo <<'EOF'897 [cs8-extras-common]898 name=CentOS Stream $releasever - Extras common packages899 mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=8-stream&arch=$basearch&repo=extras-extras-common900 #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/$contentdir/8-stream/extras/$basearch/extras-common... gpgcheck=1902 enabled=1903 gpgkey=https://www.centos.org/keys/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-SIG-Extras904 EOF905 echo "8-stream" > /etc/yum/vars/stream906 dnf distro-sync --nobest907 reboot908 dnf install centos-release-ovirt45909 dnf install centos-release-ovirt45 --enablerepo=extras
But now, yum update isn't working because its trying to install centos-stream-release 8.6.1 over redhat-release-8.6. Surely I shouldn't install CentOS stream release over RHEL release, should I? See below: [root@phys1 dwhite]# cat /etc/redhat-releaseRed Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.5 (Ootpa)[root@phys1 dwhite]# yum updateUpdating Subscription Management repositories.Last metadata expiration check: 0:02:01 ago on Thu 12 May 2022 05:59:38 AM EDT.Error:Problem: installed package centos-stream-release-8.6-1.el8.noarch obsoletes redhat-release < 9 provided by redhat-release-8.6-0.1.el8.x86_64- cannot install the best update candidate for package redhat-release-8.5-0.8.el8.x86_64- problem with installed package centos-stream-release-8.6-1.el8.noarch(try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages or '--nobest' to use not only best candidate packages)
you can: rpm -e --justdb centos-stream-releasednf update redhat-release -yrpm -i --justdb --nodeps --force "http://mirror.centos.org/centos/8-stream/BaseOS/$(rpm --eval '%_arch')/os/Packages/centos-stream-release-8.6-1.el8.noarch.rpm"
Alma, Rocky and others are providing centos-release in their own release rpm so this step is not needed there.
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Il giorno ven 13 mag 2022 alle ore 02:18 David White < dmwhite823@protonmail.com> ha scritto:
That first command produces the following error, some of which look pretty important to the functioning of oVirt.
[root@phys1 dwhite]# rpm -e --justdb centos-stream-release
sorry, forgot --nodeps :-/
error: Failed dependencies: centos-release >= 7-5.1804.el7.centos.2 is needed by (installed) centos-release-storage-common-0:2-2.el8.noarch centos-release >= 8-0.1905.el8 is needed by (installed) centos-release-ceph-pacific-1.0-2.el8.noarch centos-release >= 8.1 is needed by (installed) centos-release-gluster10-1.0-1.el8s.noarch centos-release is needed by (installed) centos-release-virt-common-0:1-2.el8.noarch centos-release is needed by (installed) centos-release-opstools-1-12.el8.noarch centos-release is needed by (installed) centos-release-nfv-common-1-3.el8.noarch centos-release is needed by (installed) centos-release-ovirt45-8.6-5.el8s.noarch
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Il giorno gio 12 mag 2022 alle ore 12:34 David White via Users < users@ovirt.org> ha scritto:
Hello, I followed some instructions I found in https://www.ovirt.org/documentation/upgrade_guide/ and https://www.ovirt.org/download/install_on_rhel.html by doing the following:
883 subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms 884 subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 885 subscription-manager repos --enable codeready-builder-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms 886 rpm -i --justdb --nodeps --force " http://mirror.centos.org/centos/8-stream/BaseOS/$(rpm --eval '%_arch')/os/Packages/centos-stream-release-8.6-1.el8.noarch.rpm" 887 cat >/etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Stream-Extras.repo <<'EOF' 888 [cs8-extras] 889 name=CentOS Stream $releasever - Extras 890 mirrorlist= http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=8-stream&arch=$basearch&repo=extras&infra=$infra 891 #baseurl= http://mirror.centos.org/$contentdir/8-stream/extras/$basearch/os/ 892 gpgcheck=1 893 enabled=1 894 gpgkey=https://www.centos.org/keys/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Official 895 EOF 896 cat >/etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Stream-Extras-common.repo <<'EOF' 897 [cs8-extras-common] 898 name=CentOS Stream $releasever - Extras common packages 899 mirrorlist= http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=8-stream&arch=$basearch&repo=extras-extras-common 900 #baseurl= http://mirror.centos.org/$contentdir/8-stream/extras/$basearch/extras-common... 901 gpgcheck=1 902 enabled=1 903 gpgkey=https://www.centos.org/keys/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-SIG-Extras 904 EOF 905 echo "8-stream" > /etc/yum/vars/stream 906 dnf distro-sync --nobest 907 reboot 908 dnf install centos-release-ovirt45 909 dnf install centos-release-ovirt45 --enablerepo=extras
*But now, yum update isn't working because its trying to install centos-stream-release 8.6.1 over redhat-release-8.6.*
Surely I shouldn't install CentOS stream release over RHEL release, should I? See below:
[root@phys1 dwhite]# cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.5 (Ootpa) [root@phys1 dwhite]# yum update Updating Subscription Management repositories. Last metadata expiration check: 0:02:01 ago on Thu 12 May 2022 05:59:38 AM EDT. Error: Problem: installed package centos-stream-release-8.6-1.el8.noarch obsoletes redhat-release < 9 provided by redhat-release-8.6-0.1.el8.x86_64 - cannot install the best update candidate for package redhat-release-8.5-0.8.el8.x86_64 - problem with installed package centos-stream-release-8.6-1.el8.noarch (try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages or '--nobest' to use not only best candidate packages)
you can:
rpm -e --justdb centos-stream-release dnf update redhat-release -y rpm -i --justdb --nodeps --force " http://mirror.centos.org/centos/8-stream/BaseOS/$(rpm --eval '%_arch')/os/Packages/centos-stream-release-8.6-1.el8.noarch.rpm"
Alma, Rocky and others are providing centos-release in their own release rpm so this step is not needed there.
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