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When trying to migrate to 9.x, cannot find "op5-extra-tools-check-migration"OP5

OP5 Monitor 9.x.

OP5 Monitor migration.

Pre-migration process.

op5-extra-tools-check-migration

Problem Copied

When following the official documentation for migration, there is a step to run the pre-migration compatibility. This allows the user to check for potential problems when migrating from OP5 Monitor version 8.4.x to 9.x. When following the steps, you may encounter this error:

No package op5-extra-tools-check-migration available.
Error: Nothing to do

Possible Cause(s) Copied

The op5-extra-tools-check-migration package is part of the “op5-monitor-updates” repository. If the .repo file for this repository is missing, or if the repository is disabled, the issue will be encountered.

Possible Solution(s) Copied

Check if the .repo file exists Copied

Run the command ls -l /etc/yum.repos.d/op5-release.repo

If the file does not exist, it can be created with the touchor nanocommand.

For reference, the file would look like this:

##### op5 Monitor
[op5-monitor-updates]
name=op5 Monitor Updates
baseurl=https://repos.op5.com/el$releasever/$basearch/monitor/8/updates
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
repo_gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-op5

##### op5 Epel
[op5-epel]
name=op5 EPEL
baseurl=https://repos.op5.com/epel/7/$basearch
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-7

Check if the OP5 Monitor repository is enabled Copied

Run the command grep "enabled" -B3 /etc/yum.repos.d/op5-release.repo

If you see enabled=0 for “op5-monitor-updates”, edit the .repo file with a text editor and change it to enabled=1. See below for reference:

[root@op5-system ~]# grep "enabled" -B3 /etc/yum.repos.d/op5-release.repo
[op5-monitor-updates]
name=op5 Monitor Updates
baseurl=https://repos.op5.com/el$releasever/$basearch/monitor/8/updates
enabled=1
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