Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 850714
Command "db-control backup" stops with perl error
Last modified: 2013-03-18 10:10:09 EDT
Description of problem: While trying to backup database after upgrade (after "install.pl --upgrade" but before schema upgrade) (seems irrelevant, see additional info), running > dbcontrol backup dir (dir exists, user oracle have 7 in place of permissions that affects him) script terminates with > Can't use string ("/opt/apps/oracle/config/10.2.0/l") as an ARRAY ref while "strict refs" in use at /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Dobby/CLI/BackupCommands.pm line 127. and no backup is created. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): spacewalk-dobby-1.7.28-24.el6sat.noarch How reproducible: always/deterministic Steps to Reproduce: 1. # su oracle 2. $ db-control backup Actual results: Script prints > Initiating cold backup of database rhnsat... > Can't use string ("/opt/apps/oracle/config/10.2.0/l") as an ARRAY ref while "strict refs" in use at /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Dobby/CLI/BackupCommands.pm line 127. and terminates (no backup created). Expected results: Backup is created. Additional info: This is also broken on directly installed 550 (so schema upgrade involved).
I have verified that undesired behavior is gone. I also tried restore and it seems legitimate as well. I haven't been digging very deep though.
This issue is resolved with the release of RHN Satellite 5.5. As of September 20th 2012, RHN Satellite 5.5 has been generally available. Release Notes and other 5.5 documentation can be found here: https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/Red_Hat_Network_Satellite/ The associated Errata for the 5.5 release are: 5.5 Satellite GA Errata - http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2012-1296.html 5.5 Upgrade Errata - http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2012-1298.html 5.5 RHN Proxy GA Errata - http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2012-1297.html 5.5 RHN Tools GA Errata - http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2012-1299.html Regards, Clifford - Engineering Manager, Satellite