Using UpgradeServers.py to Upgrade OVM Server 3.2.11 to 3.4.2 Failed with "['/usr/bin/yum', 'update', '-y', '-q'] failed (1): stderr: Error: Missing Dependency: nss(x86-64) = 3.21.0- 8.0.1.el6 is needed" (Doc ID 2281192.1)

Last updated on JUNE 09, 2021

Applies to:

Symptoms

You are following

https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E64076_01/E64078/html/vmiug-server-3.2-upgrading.html#

and

https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E64076_01/E64078/html/vmiug-server-update-script.html

to upgrade your 3.2.11 OVM Server to 3.4.2 .The operation gets failed with below error in ovs-agent.log,

Server error: Command: ['/usr/bin/yum', 'update', '-y', '-q'] failed (1): stderr: Error: Missing Dependency: nss(x86-64) = 3.21.0-
8.0.1.el6 is needed by package nss-tools-3.21.0-8.0.1.el6.x86_64 (3.4_ovs_repo)
stdout: nss-tools-3.21.0-8.0.1.el6.x86_64 from 3.4_ovs_repo has depsolving problems
--> Missing Dependency: nss(x86-64) = 3.21.0-8.0.1.el6 is needed by package nss-tools-3.21.0-8.0.1.el6.x86_64 (3.4_ovs_repo)
You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
You could try running: package-cleanup --problems
package-cleanup --dupes
rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
The program package-cleanup is found in the yum-utils package.

Changes

Upgrading OVM Server from 3.2.11 to 3.4.2

Cause

My Oracle Support provides customers with access to over a million knowledge articles and a vibrant support community of peers and Oracle experts.