Satellite 6.16 failed to leapp upgrade to RHEL9, "systemd[1]: leapp_resume.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=2/INVALIDARGUMENT"

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Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.16
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10
    • leapp-upgrade-el8toel9

Issue

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.16 leapp upgrade to RHEL9 fails with below error:

    sat616 leapp3[3022]: Error: Phase firstboot.before does not exist in the workflow
sat616 systemd[1]: leapp_resume.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=2/INVALIDARGUMENT

Resolution

WORKAROUND

  • Edit /usr/share/leapp-repository/repositories/system_upgrade/common/actors/createresumeservice/files/leapp_resume.service in order to:

    Add the following in the [Unit] section:

    After=selinux-autorelabel.service     <=========

    change the DefaultDependencies to yes (the default):

    DefaultDependencies=yes  <=========

    For more KB articles/solutions related to Red Hat Satellite 6.x LEAPP Issues, please refer to the Consolidated Troubleshooting Article for Red Hat Satellite 6.x LEAPP Issues

Root Cause

Diagnostic Steps

  • /var/log/messges has :

     May 13 17:07:49 satellite leapp3[2287]: Error: Phase firstboot.before does not exist in the workflow
May 13 17:07:49 satellite dracut[2120]: *** Squashing the files inside the initramfs done ***
May 13 17:07:49 satellite dracut[2120]: *** Creating image file '/boot/initramfs-5.14.0-611.55.1.el9_7.x86_64kdump.img' ***
May 13 17:07:49 satellite dracut[2120]: *** Hardlinking files ***
May 13 17:07:49 satellite systemd[1]: leapp_resume.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=2/INVALIDARGUMENT
May 13 17:07:49 satellite systemd[1]: leapp_resume.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
May 13 17:07:49 satellite systemd[1]: Failed to start Temporary Leapp service which resumes execution after reboot.
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