yum upgrade 4.3 -> current ?
 

Got a box running 4.3 x86 and we're trying up get it updated to 4.6,
but yum is consuming all available memory (1GB) and swap (2GB), and
then the oom starts killing processes.


I've disabled all the optional repositories, done yum clean all, and
still have the same problem even if I try to just update a specific
package.


Google got me this link, but no obvious resolution:
http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?
forum=8&topic_id=5588&viewmode=flat


Any pointers appreciated.

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yum upgrade 4.3 -> current ?
 

On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 16:23 -0500, Chris Boyd wrote:
> Got a box running 4.3 x86 and we're trying up get it updated to 4.6,
> but yum is consuming all available memory (1GB) and swap (2GB), and
> then the oom starts killing processes.
>
> I've disabled all the optional repositories, done yum clean all, and
> still have the same problem even if I try to just update a specific
> package.
>
> Google got me this link, but no obvious resolution:
> http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?
> forum=8&topic_id=5588&viewmode=flat
>
> Any pointers appreciated.

Processing a huge number of dependancies (very likely going from
4.3->4.6) will use huge amounts. I would first upgrade yum itself (IIRC,
the sqlite changed).

Then, pay attention to the dependancy processing output and pick a few
packages at a time to upgrade. After a few passes like this, you should
be able to revert to the normal update processing.

Another strategy that might or might not work is to go to runlevel 3
(telinit 3) that eliminates all the graphical stuff and run from a
normal VT. If you don't have swap enabled, make a swap partition or file
of decent size and try that.

>
> --Chris
> <snip sig stuff>

HTH
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yum upgrade 4.3 -> current ?
 

On Jun 4, 2008, at 4:43 PM, William L. Maltby wrote:


Processing a huge number of dependancies (very likely going from
4.3->4.6) will use huge amounts. I would first upgrade yum itself
(IIRC,

the sqlite changed).


Tried that with a "yum -y update yum" but we're still getting clobbered.



Then, pay attention to the dependancy processing output and pick a few
packages at a time to upgrade. After a few passes like this, you
should

be able to revert to the normal update processing.


Good suggestion--I'll remember that if I ever get to the point where
it's starting to work :-)




Another strategy that might or might not work is to go to runlevel 3
(telinit 3) that eliminates all the graphical stuff and run from a
normal VT. If you don't have swap enabled, make a swap partition or
file

of decent size and try that.


We're already there--no X is installed or running. Swap partition is
set to 2GB--I suppose that I could add another swap file and see if
that gets me over the hump.


Yum is choking at the point where it print the first "processing
primary.xml.gz"


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yum upgrade 4.3 -> current ?
 

On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 16:51 -0500, Chris Boyd wrote:
> On Jun 4, 2008, at 4:43 PM, William L. Maltby wrote:
>
> > Processing a huge number of dependancies (very likely going from
> > 4.3->4.6) will use huge amounts. I would first upgrade yum itself
> > (IIRC,
> > the sqlite changed).
>
> Tried that with a "yum -y update yum" but we're still getting clobbered.

Did yum or sqlite get updated or did it dump on you there too?

> <snip>

> >
> > Another strategy that might or might not work is to go to runlevel 3
> > (telinit 3) that eliminates all the graphical stuff and run from a
> > normal VT. If you don't have swap enabled, make a swap partition or
> > file
> > of decent size and try that.
>
> We're already there--no X is installed or running. Swap partition is
> set to 2GB--I suppose that I could add another swap file and see if
> that gets me over the hump.
>
> Yum is choking at the point where it print the first "processing
> primary.xml.gz"

I don't know that much about the yum process. But if it bombs there, I
would enable some more verbosity and see if it gives any clues about
where in there it is failing. Maybe you have some extra repos enabled
that cause excessive memory usage at that step? If that's related (I
don't know) you might disable all the repos but the base an updates as a
first step and see if at lease the basic stuff can get done.

>
> --Chris
> <snip sig stuff>

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yum upgrade 4.3 -> current ?
 

On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 16:51 -0500, Chris Boyd wrote:
> On Jun 4, 2008, at 4:43 PM, William L. Maltby wrote:
>
> > Processing a huge number of dependancies (very likely going from
> > 4.3->4.6) will use huge amounts. I would first upgrade yum itself
> > (IIRC,
> > the sqlite changed).
>
> Tried that with a "yum -y update yum" but we're still getting clobbered.
>
> >
> > Then, pay attention to the dependancy processing output and pick a few
> > packages at a time to upgrade. After a few passes like this, you
> > should
> > be able to revert to the normal update processing.
>
> Good suggestion--I'll remember that if I ever get to the point where
> it's starting to work :-)
>
> >
> > Another strategy that might or might not work is to go to runlevel 3
> > (telinit 3) that eliminates all the graphical stuff and run from a
> > normal VT. If you don't have swap enabled, make a swap partition or
> > file
> > of decent size and try that.
>
> We're already there--no X is installed or running. Swap partition is
> set to 2GB--I suppose that I could add another swap file and see if
> that gets me over the hump.
>
> Yum is choking at the point where it print the first "processing
> primary.xml.gz"
----
kill off any rpm/yum processes...
then

rm /var/lib/rpm/__*
rpm --rebuilddb

then try yum

Craig

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On Jun 4, 2008, at 5:44 PM, Craig White wrote:


kill off any rpm/yum processes...
then

rm /var/lib/rpm/__*
rpm --rebuilddb

then try yum


Still no joy. Yum appears to be ready to consume all available
system memory and swap.


I'm going to try adding a swap file, shutting off the database server
and Apache, and then letting it churn.


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On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 07:01:11PM -0500, Chris Boyd enlightened us:
> On Jun 4, 2008, at 5:44 PM, Craig White wrote:
>
> >kill off any rpm/yum processes...
> >then
> >
> >rm /var/lib/rpm/__*
> >rpm --rebuilddb
> >
> >then try yum
>
> Still no joy. Yum appears to be ready to consume all available
> system memory and swap.
>
> I'm going to try adding a swap file, shutting off the database server
> and Apache, and then letting it churn.
>

If it were me, I would download the latest yum+dependencies and install them
via rpm before trying to debug an old yum.

Matt

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On Jun 4, 2008, at 8:25 PM, Matt Hyclak wrote:

If it were me, I would download the latest yum+dependencies and
install them

via rpm before trying to debug an old yum.



Good suggestion. Upgraded yum, sqlite, and python. Also added
enough swap space via a swapfile to let yum do what it wants. Now it
just eats memory until it hits a 4GB wall and then dies.


Version info follows.

[root@hostess ~]# rpm -q yum
yum-2.4.3-4.el4.centos
[root@hostess ~]# rpm -q sqlite
sqlite-3.3.6-2
[root@hostess ~]# rpm -q python
python-2.3.4-14.4

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On Tue, 2008-06-10 at 14:29 -0500, Chris Boyd wrote:
> On Jun 4, 2008, at 8:25 PM, Matt Hyclak wrote:
>
> > If it were me, I would download the latest yum+dependencies and
> > install them
> > via rpm before trying to debug an old yum.
>
>
> Good suggestion. Upgraded yum, sqlite, and python. Also added
> enough swap space via a swapfile to let yum do what it wants. Now it
> just eats memory until it hits a 4GB wall and then dies.
>
> Version info follows.
>
> [root@hostess ~]# rpm -q yum
> yum-2.4.3-4.el4.centos
> [root@hostess ~]# rpm -q sqlite
> sqlite-3.3.6-2
> [root@hostess ~]# rpm -q python
> python-2.3.4-14.4

Is this a continuation of the massive update seen earlier in
this/another thread?

If so, I still think you need to select a *few* of the packages manually
and upgrade them to reduce the massive dependancy processing. At some
point, enough "foundation" pieces will be in place to run the rest en
masse.

It might be instructive to see if swap is actually being used. In
another VT, top, free and other utils will report swap usage. Also,
swapon with no parameters will report swap usage.

Also, /proc/vmstat might have some useful information (if you dig enough
to actually know the meaning of the parameters).

Also, on my cat sys/vm/swappiness has 60 as a value. I know some folks
alter this stuff to beneficial/detrimental effect.

>
> --Chris
> <snip sig stuff>

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yum upgrade 4.3 -> current ?
 

Matt Hyclak wrote:

If it were me, I would download the latest yum+dependencies and install them
via rpm before trying to debug an old yum.


Absolutely. Make sure you get the newer yum with the yum-metadataparser,
That helps a lot with ram usage and also speed of the transactions.



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