Article Number
000003192
Applies To
NetWitness Product Set: NetWitness Platform, NetWitness Platform
NetWitness Product/Service Type: Core Appliance
NetWitness Version/Condition: 11.x, 12.x
Platform: CentOS / Alma
Issue
External repos are present in the /etc/yum.repos.d.
Resolution
- Upgrade process fails due to external repos exist /etc/yum.repos.d and the precheck tool status for Yum External Repo Check is Success(warning) or Failure with the error message "External yum repos exists......"
Image description
- Remove the external repos that are configured in the following path /etc/yum.repos.d using the following command:
Note: Only NW repositories should be present)
rm /etc/yum.repos.d/<external_repo name>
For example:
rm /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-x86_64-kernel.repo
- If you want to retain this external repo you can move it into a different folder.
mv /etc/yum.repos.d/<external_reponame /location/
For example:
/etc/yum.repos.d/<external_reponame /root/