spacewalk-schema-upgrade fails with "[susemanager-schema-3.1.19] Was not able to find upgrade path in directory [/etc/sysconfig/rhn/schema-upgrade]".

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Environment

SUSE Manager 3.1
SUSE Manager 3.2

Situation

While upgrading spacewalk's schema from version 3.1.19 to version 3.2 from SUSE Manager 3.1 to 3.2 the following error occurs :

# spacewalk-schema-upgrade

Schema upgrade: [susemanager-schema-3.1.19-2.30.1] -> [susemanager-schema-3.2.12-3.3.1] Searching for upgrade path to: [susemanager-schema-3.2.12-3.3.1] Searching for upgrade path to: [susemanager-schema-3.2.12] Searching for start path:  [susemanager-schema-3.1.19-2.30.1]

Searching for start path:  [susemanager-schema-3.1.19] Was not able to find upgrade path in directory [/etc/sysconfig/rhn/schema-upgrade].

Resolution

Workaround is to create the missing folder:

# mkdir /etc/sysconfig/rhn/schema-upgrade/susemanager-schema-3.1.19-to-susemanager-schema-3.2.0

This issue is fixed in an upcoming maintenance update (eta : end of the September 2018).

Cause

The following rpm :

susemanager-schema-3.1.19-to-susemanager-schema-3.2.0

has a missing folder in it's path :

/etc/sysconfig/rhn/schema-upgrade/

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