Upgrading 20.12 to 20.13 Fails on VMware With Error at Privileged Migrations Step

Learn how to resolve a privileged migrations error when upgrading from Oracle AVDF 20.12 to 20.13.

Problem

When upgrading from Oracle AVDF 20.12 to 20.13, the upgrade fails on VMware with the following error:

run-privileged-migrations ERROR - ODF-10001: Internal error: Fatal error running migrations

To resolve this issue, first confirm that you are experiencing the same error. If so, follow the subsequent steps:

If errors are found, run the following commands to rebuild the RPM database:

cd /var/lib
cp -ax --backup=t rpm rpm.old
rm -i rpm/__db.???
rpm --rebuilddb

Once you have rebuilt the RPM database, check the validity of the rebuilt package database:
```
cd /var/lib/rpm
/usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_verify Packages
```
Once confirmed, proceed with the upgrade according to the specific type of RPM database corruption encountered. Follow the appropriate steps based on the scenario experienced:
- Resume the upgrade if the privileged migrations have not yet started:
  1. Reboot the system.
  2. Log in as the root user.
  3. Run the following command:
```
systemctl isolate avdf-upgrade.target
```
  4. To review the upgrade status, re-log in on the console as the root user.
- Resume the upgrade after the privileged migrations have started:
  1. Apply the AVDF 20.13 update to the recovery utility:
```
rpm -U /media/avdf-install/bootstrap/Packages/avdf-bootstrap-20.13.0.0.0-*.noarch.rpm
```
  2. Check the current status:
```
/opt/avdf/bin/privmigutl --status
```
  3. Review the output to find the failing migration and re-run it manually as the root user.
  4. Once the migration has completed successfully, run the following command:
```
/opt/avdf/bin/privmigutl --resume
```