Check for long running tasks on Red Hat Satellite 6 fails with: arguments expected to be an Array of individual string args

Environment

• Red Hat Satellite 6.14

Issue

• Check for long running tasks on Satellite 6 fails with:

  arguments expected to be an Array of individual string args
  

Resolution

• Check for any paused task on satellite by running the below command:

  # su - postgres -c "psql -d foreman -c 'select label,count(label),state,result from foreman_tasks_tasks where state <> '\''stopped'\'' group by label,state,result ORDER BY label;'"
  

• Remove those tasks if safe by following this article .

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

Root Cause

• Paused tasks were not cleaned up on satellite.

Diagnostic Steps

• Below is an example, where Actions::Katello::Organization::Destroy task was found to be in paused state on satellite. The task may differ in each case:

      # su - postgres -c "psql -d foreman -c 'select label,count(label),state,result from foreman_tasks_tasks where state <> '\''stopped'\'' group by label,state,result ORDER BY label;'"
                          label                         | count |   state   | result  
  ------------------------------------------------------+-------+-----------+---------
   Actions::CheckLongRunningTasks                       |     1 | scheduled | pending
   Actions::Katello::Organization::Destroy              |     2 | paused    | error
   Actions::Katello::SyncPlan::Run                      |     2 | scheduled | pending
   CreateExpiredManifestNotifications                   |     1 | scheduled | pending
   CreatePulpDiskSpaceNotifications                     |     1 | scheduled | pending
   CreateRssNotifications                               |     1 | scheduled | pending
   ForemanInventoryUpload::Async::GenerateAllReportsJob |     1 | scheduled | pending
   InventorySync::Async::InventoryScheduledSync         |     1 | scheduled | pending
   SendExpireSoonNotifications                          |     1 | scheduled | pending
   StoredValuesCleanupJob                               |     1 | scheduled | pending
  

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