In-Place upgrade of Red Hat Satellite 6 to RHEL 9 fails with "Error: Unable to find a match: util-linux dnf"

Environment

• Red Hat Satellite 6.15 and older versions
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Issue

• Leapp upgrade of Red Hat Satellite 6 from RHEL 8 to RHEL 9 fails with the below error:

[ERROR] Actor: target_userspace_creator
Message: Unable to install RHEL 9 userspace packages.
Summary:
    Details: DNF failed to install userspace packages, likely due to the proxy configuration detected in a repository configuration file.
    Stderr: Host and machine ids are equal (XYZ): refusing to link journals
            Error: Unable to find a match: util-linux dnf

Resolution

• Ensure that the Red Hat Satellite is upgraded to version 6.16 before performing the leapp upgrade of the operating system from RHEL 8 to RHEL 9.

• Reach out to the This content is not included.Red Hat Technical Support, if any further assistance is required.

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

Root Cause

• The Red Hat Satellite 6.15 and older versions can officially only be installed on RHEL 8 not on RHEL 9.
• The Red Hat Satellite6.16 can be installed on both RHEL 8 and RHEL 9. Refer to the Red Hat Satellite product documentation for more details on Supported operating systems.

Diagnostic Steps

• The following error was observed in the /var/log/leapp/leapp-report.txt file in Red Hat Satellite 6.

 # less /var/log/leapp/leapp-report.txt 
Risk Factor: high (error)
Title: Unable to install RHEL 9 userspace packages.
Summary: {"details": "DNF failed to install userspace packages, likely due to the proxy configuration detected in a repository configuration file.", "stderr": "Host and machine ids are equal (XYZ): refusing to link journals\nError: Unable to find a match: dnf util-linux\n"}

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