Upgrade of Red Hat Satellite 6.10 to the 6.11 release fails with "Transaction check error: installing package kernel-3.10.0-1160.99.1.el7.x86_64 needs 16MB on the /boot filesystem" while updating packages

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Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.10

Issue

  • Upgrade of Red Hat Satellite 6.10 to the 6.11 release fails with the following error while updating packages:
Transaction check error:
  installing package kernel-3.10.0-1160.99.1.el7.x86_64 needs 16MB on the /boot filesystem

Resolution

According to Is it possible to increase the size of /boot?, the issue can be resolved by uninstall older kernel versions according to What is the proper method to remove old kernels from a Red Hat Enterprise Linux system?

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

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