OLVM: Engine Setup For Engine Upgrade Fails with Error: "Failed to execute stage 'Misc configuration (early)': Command '/opt/rh/rh-postgresql10/root/usr/bin/postgresql-setup' failed to execute" (Doc ID 2668395.1)

Last updated on JULY 19, 2023

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Symptoms

Engine-setup to Upgrade OLVM Engine host fails in "Configuration Section" with postgresql error as shown below:

# engine-setup
...

--== CONFIGURATION PREVIEW ==--

Default SAN wipe after delete : False
Firewall manager : firewalld
Update Firewall : False
Host FQDN : <Engine FQDN>
Upgrade packages : True
Set up Cinderlib integration : False
Engine database secured connection : False
Engine database user name : engine
Engine database name : engine
Engine database host : localhost
Engine database port : 5432
Engine database host name validation : False
Engine installation : True
PKI organization : <Engine Domain>
Set up ovirt-provider-ovn : True
Configure WebSocket Proxy : True
DWH installation : True
DWH database secured connection : False
DWH database host : localhost
DWH database user name : ovirt_engine_history
DWH database name : ovirt_engine_history
DWH database port : 5432
DWH database host name validation : False
Configure Image I/O Proxy : True
Configure VMConsole Proxy : True

Please confirm installation settings (OK, Cancel) [OK]:
[ INFO ] Cleaning async tasks and compensations
[ INFO ] Unlocking existing entities
[ INFO ] Checking the Engine database consistency
[ INFO ] Stage: Transaction setup
[ INFO ] Stopping engine service
[ INFO ] Stopping ovirt-fence-kdump-listener service
[ INFO ] Stopping dwh service
[ INFO ] Stopping Image I/O Proxy service
[ INFO ] Stopping vmconsole-proxy service
[ INFO ] Stopping websocket-proxy service
[ INFO ] Stage: Misc configuration (early)
[ INFO ] Upgrading PostgreSQL
[ ERROR ] Failed to execute stage 'Misc configuration (early)': Command '/opt/rh/rh-postgresql10/root/usr/bin/postgresql-setup' failed to execute
[ INFO ] Yum Performing yum transaction rollback
[ INFO ] Rolling back to the previous PostgreSQL instance (rh-postgresql95-postgresql).
[ INFO ] Stage: Clean up
Log file is located at /var/log/ovirt-engine/setup/ovirt-engine-setup-20200512040352-8h718p.log
[ INFO ] Generating answer file '/var/lib/ovirt-engine/setup/answers/20200512040453-setup.conf'
[ INFO ] Stage: Pre-termination
[ INFO ] Stage: Termination
[ ERROR ] Execution of setup failed

Cause

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