[Spacewalk-list] FW: OracleXE to Postgresql mig problem

Wed Jan 8 15:33:40 UTC 2014

On Wednesday 08 January 2014 14:50:42 Željko Dokman wrote:
> I removed and installed again spacewalk-setup-postgresql package, and
> repeated steps... ....but unfortunate the same error recurs

You should not be installing spacewalk-setup-postgresql. Just remove it and
run spacewalk-setup.

-MZ

> [root at skynet ~]# spacewalk-setup --db-only
> ** Database: Setting up database connection for PostgreSQL backend.
> Database "rhnschema" already exists
> The embedded database appears to be already installed. Either rerun
> this script with the --skip-db-install option, or use the
> '/usr/bin/spacewalk-setup-postgresql remove --db rhnschema --user rhnuser'
> script to remove the embedded database and try again.
> 
> [root at skynet ~]# /usr/bin/spacewalk-setup-postgresql remove --db rhnschema
> --user rhnuser
> 
> [root at skynet ~]# spacewalk-setup --db-only
> ** Database: Setting up database connection for PostgreSQL backend.
> Database "rhnschema" does not exist
> ** Database: Installing the database:
> ** Database: This is a long process that is logged in:
> ** Database:   /var/log/rhn/install_db.log
> *** Progress: #
> ** Database: Installation complete.
> ** Database: Populating database.
> *** Progress: ####################################
> 
> [root at skynet ~]# PGPASSWORD=spacewalk psql -a -U spaceuser spaceschema
> psql (8.4.18)
> Type "help" for help.
> spaceschema=# \d
> No relations found.
> spaceschema=# \d log
> Did not find any relation named "log".
> spaceschema=# \q
> 
> [root at skynet tmp]# PGPASSWORD=spacewalk psql -h localhost -U spaceuser
> spaceschema < spacewalk-oracle.dump UPDATE 0
> ERROR:  relation "log" does not exist
> 
> 
> Best regards
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Milan Zázrivec
> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 2:58 PM
> To: spacewalk-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] FW: OracleXE to Postgresql mig problem
> 
> On Wednesday 08 January 2014 13:34:40 Željko Dokman wrote:
> > Here is the output..
> > 
> > [root at skynet ~]# PGPASSWORD=******* psql -a -U spaceuser spaceschema
> > psql (8.4.18) Type "help" for help.
> > 
> > spaceschema=# \d log
> > Did not find any relation named "log".
> > spaceschema=# \d
> > No relations found.
> > spaceschema=#
> 
> Right. So you have no tables in your PG spaceschema. This explains the
> original error you showed in your initial posting.
> 
> My recommendation is to:
> 
> 1. first, uninstall spacewalk-setup-postgresql package from your Spacewalk
> installation 2. then go through the migration procedure again, starting
> with the part where you're supposed to run spacewalk-setup --db-only
> 
> -MZ
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com
> > [mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Milan Zázrivec
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 1:59 PM
> > To: spacewalk-list at redhat.com
> > Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] FW: OracleXE to Postgresql mig problem
> > 
> > On Wednesday 08 January 2014 12:09:56 Željko Dokman wrote:
> > > One more appeal for help before abandoning migration plan
> > 
> > When you connect to your PG database with psql, do you see the 'log'
> > table created?
> > 
> >     spaceschema=# \d log
> > 
> > or what tables do you see created in your PG schema?
> > 
> >     spaceschema=# \d
> > 
> > -MZ
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Željko Dokman
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 12:19 PM
> > > To: spacewalk-list at redhat.com
> > > Subject: RE: [Spacewalk-list] OracleXE to Postgresql mig problem
> > > 
> > > Spacewalk versions match, and the log  populate_db.log is attached,
> > > I don’t see any errors in the log
> > > 
> > > [root at skynet rhn]# rpm -q spacewalk-schema
> > > spacewalk-schema-2.0.2-1.el5
> > > [root at skynet rhn]# rhn-schema-version
> > > 2.0.2-1.el5
> > > 
> > > Best regards
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com
> > > [mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Milan
> > > Zázrivec
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 11:39 AM
> > > To: spacewalk-list at redhat.com
> > > Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] OracleXE to Postgresql mig problem
> > > 
> > > On Tuesday 07 January 2014 10:13:01 Željko Dokman wrote:
> > > > I got this error..
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > spaceschema=# create table log;
> > > > 
> > > > ERROR:  syntax error at or near ";"
> > > > 
> > > > LINE 1: create table log;
> > > 
> > > You should not be creating any tables manually. Not when you're
> > > following the process described at the page you referenced earlier.
> > > 
> > > Here's how the Ora->Pg migration process works:
> > > 1. you have a Spacewalk version x, using Oracle DB backend 2. you
> > > create a DB dump from your Oracle DB in a format consumable by
> > > PostgreSQL database 3. you install a PostgreSQL database server 4.
> > > you install the database schema to your PostgreSQL database (that
> > > spacewalk-setup --db-only step). Here the schema version installed
> > > in your Oracle DB and the schema version you just installed into
> > > your PG database have to match. What's> the schema version in your
> > > 
> > > Oracle DB? Run:
> > >     $ rhn-schema-version
> > > 
> > > What's the version you just installed into your PG database?
> > > Presumably,
> > > 
> > > it's:
> > >    $ rpm -q spacewalk-schema
> > > 
> > > The final step is to load the dump you created in step two into your
> > > PG schema. Here the process for you fails, b/c the table 'log' in
> > > your PG schema does not exist (but it does exist in your Oracle schema).
> > > 
> > > This may indicate that:
> > > 1. for some reason, the schema you just installed into your PG does
> > > not match your Oracle schema (not sure how this could have happened
> > > though) 2. there was a problem populating your PG schema and the log
> > > table (or perhaps other tables too) were not properly created. For
> > > this,
> > > you>
> > > 
> > > should check the following file for errors:
> > >     /var/log/rhn/populate_db.log
> > > 
> > > Regards
> > > -MZ
> > > 
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