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Resolution: Unresolved
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rhel-8.9.0.z
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rhel-sst-upgrades
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What were you trying to do that didn't work?
Install RHEL-7.9 on ppc64le system with prepboot partition and upgrade the system to RHEL-8 using leapp tool. The system was upgraded but booted with RHEL-7 kernel.
Please provide the package NVR for which bug is seen:
leapp-0.17.0-1.el7_9.noarch
leapp-deps-0.17.0-1.el7_9.noarch
leapp-upgrade-el7toel8-0.20.0-2.el7_9.noarch
leapp-upgrade-el7toel8-deps-0.20.0-2.el7_9.noarch
python2-leapp-0.17.0-1.el7_9.noarch
How reproducible:
always
Steps to reproduce
- Obtain POWER8 kvm VM (or POWER10 PowerVM) system
- Install RHEL-7 on this system (the prepboot partition is created by default)
- Perform all the necessary steps before upgrade in resolve all inhibitors
- Run leapp upgrade and reboot
- Wait for system to boot into the upgraded system
Expected results
System upgrades and boots to the new RHEL-8 kernel
Actual results
System upgrades and boots to the old RHEL-7 kernel
Additional information:
parted -l Error: /dev/mapper/rhel_ibm--p10--01--lp04-swap: unrecognised disk label Error: /dev/mapper/rhel_ibm--p10--01--lp04-root: unrecognised disk label Model: AIX VDASD (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 42.9GB Sector size (logical/physical): 4096B/4096B Partition Table: msdos Disk Flags: Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 1049kB 5243kB 4194kB primary boot, prep 2 5243kB 1079MB 1074MB primary 3 1079MB 42.9GB 41.9GB primary lvm
There's a high risk message from the leapp:
Stamp: 2024-03-15T15:45:03.335033Z
Actor: check_grub_core
Phase: Checks
Type: Report
Message_data:
{
"report": {
"audience": "sysadmin",
"detail": {
"remediations": [
{
"context": "Please run \"grub2-install <GRUB_DEVICE> command manually after the upgrade",
"type": "hint"
}
]
},
"groups": [
"boot"
],
"key": "41f46d9b1691373b0846e6297fb98d010cf21864",
"severity": "high",
"summary": "We assumed GRUB2 core is located on the same device(s) as /boot, however Leapp could not detect GRUB2 on the device(s). GRUB2 core needs to be updated maually on legacy (BIOS) systems. ",
"title": "Leapp could not identify where GRUB2 core is located"
}
}
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