[Spacewalk-list] Schedule kernel upgrade result in kernel panic

Fri Sep 16 12:15:18 UTC 2016

I also never had problems with SLES or Debian systems.

Robert
Am 16.09.2016 13:48 schrieb Thomas Foster <thomas.foster80 at gmail.com>:
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> I've seen that happened when yum install couldn't write to /boot (either because of security rules in place..cis comes to mind).
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> On Sep 16, 2016 7:37 AM, "Robert Paschedag" <robert.paschedag at web.de> wrote:
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>> I don't think, that rhnsd is causing this. Seems more related to yum.
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>> Am 16.09.2016 08:52 schrieb Lionel Caignec <caignec at cines.fr>:
>> >
>> > Perhaps this is a bug of the rhnsd agent for Rhel7 which is timing out during kernel update process (which is long).
>> > Is it a config file which can defer between Rhel7 and Rhel6?
>> >
>> > ----- Mail original -----
>> > De: "Lionel Caignec" <caignec at cines.fr>
>> > À: "spacewalk-list" <spacewalk-list at redhat.com>
>> > Envoyé: Vendredi 16 Septembre 2016 08:43:32
>> > Objet: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Schedule kernel upgrade result in kernel panic
>> >
>> > Ok thank you i understand now why initramfs missing, i will look in "yum debug" log if it exists.
>> >
>> > ----- Mail original -----
>> > De: "William H. ten Bensel" <WHTENBEN at up.com>
>> > À: "spacewalk-list" <spacewalk-list at redhat.com>
>> > Envoyé: Jeudi 15 Septembre 2016 21:09:37
>> > Objet: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Schedule kernel upgrade result in kernel panic
>> >
>> > - Schedule a kernel update from Web GUI, let spacewalk agent do it's job and get kernel update (/boot/initramfs.... missing)
>> >
>> > Just saw something similar today.
>> > Issue: Timed out (+2 hours) in the middle of the yum upgrade process.
>> > Solution: Reboot to previous kernel, run yum-complete-transaction, and reinstall the new kernel rpms.
>> >
>> > - Thanks and good luck
>> >
>> >
>> > From: Lionel Caignec <caignec at cines.fr>
>> > To: spacewalk-list <spacewalk-list at redhat.com>
>> > Date: 09/15/2016 04:34 AM
>> > Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Schedule kernel upgrade result in kernel panic
>> > Sent by: spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com
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>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > i'm still stuck, i cannot schedule a kernel update from spacewalk (web gui) to my CentOS 7 client, because at reboot my server go into "kernel panic"
>> >
>> > I don't understand the difference between this 2 way of doing :
>> > - Schedule a kernel update from Web GUI, let spacewalk agent do it's job and get kernel update (/boot/initramfs.... missing)
>> > - Schedule a kernel update from Web GUI, launch on client "rhn_chek" --> reboot with no problem on the newest kernel.
>> >
>> > All kernel version give this result, my spacewalk is in version 2.5, but i already have this bug in 2.4.
>> >
>> > How can i get debug log from spacewalk agent, perhaps there is something interisting in.
>> >
>> > Thank for helping
>> >
>> > --
>> > Lionel
>> >
>> > ----- Mail original -----
>> > De: "Lionel Caignec" <caignec at cines.fr>
>> > À: "spacewalk-list" <spacewalk-list at redhat.com>
>> > Envoyé: Mardi 23 Août 2016 11:43:12
>> > Objet: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Schedule kernel errata upgrade result in kernel panic
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > i use the webUI to schedule update. It's not related to one specific update, but all kernel update (it's a bug i've for months now.). When a new kernel is released i schedule update and reboot --> Result in "kernel panic".
>> >
>> > All my clients os are Centos 7 and RedHat 7.
>> >
>> > Lionel.
>> >
>> > ----- Mail original -----
>> > De: "Tomas Lestach" <tlestach at redhat.com>
>> > À: "spacewalk-list" <spacewalk-list at redhat.com>
>> > Envoyé: Mardi 23 Août 2016 11:16:52
>> > Objet: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Schedule kernel errata upgrade result in kernel panic
>> >
>> > Hello, please, help me understand your problem.
>> > You write:
>> > * if you "schedule a kernel errata update at reboot", there's an issue
>> > with initramfs, grub.cfg ...
>> > * if you "schedule upgrade with gui", everything's ok
>> >
>> > Does it mean the 1st case isn't via WebUI? Is it via API?
>> >
>> > Can you be more specific? What OS do you use on the client, what erratum
>> > are you scheduling for update? What way? ...
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > --
>> > Tomas Lestach
>> > Red Hat Satellite Engineering
>> >
>> > On 08/23/2016 10:54 AM, Lionel Caignec wrote:
>> > > Hi,
>> > >
>> > > i've a annoying bug with spacewalk. When i schedule a kernel errata update at reboot my server is going into kernel panic.
>> > >
>> > > After some time i've found that initramfs was not generated during update phase. Moreover in grub.cfg the line "initrd ..." is missing.
>> > > If i boot with an old kernel and i launch "yum reinstall kernel" server will boot without problem on new kernel.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > But if i schedule upgrade with gui, and then use "rhn_check -vvv" on my server there is no problem.
>> > >
>> > > Someone could help me? What do i missing?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Thanks,
>> > >
>> > > --
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