[SOLVED] Proxmox 7 to 8 upgrade failed

hrmtc

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Hi.

  • My upgrading process from version 7 to 8 failed with this error.
  • I've double checked that my repositories are pointing to bookworm.
  • If i run apt install -f I get the same error.


What can I do?


Bash:
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libpve-storage-perl:
 libpve-storage-perl depends on ceph-common (>= 12.2~); however:
  Package ceph-common is not configured yet.
 libpve-storage-perl depends on smbclient; however:
  Package smbclient is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package libpve-storage-perl (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of pve-ha-manager:
 pve-ha-manager depends on qemu-server (>= 8.0.2); however:
  Package qemu-server is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package pve-ha-manager (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of pve-container:
 pve-container depends on libpve-storage-perl (>= 7.2-10); however:
  Package libpve-storage-perl is not configured yet.
 pve-container depends on pve-ha-manager (>= 3.0-9); however:
  Package pve-ha-manager is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package pve-container (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of pve-manager:
 pve-manager depends on libpve-storage-perl (>= 7.2-12); however:
  Package libpve-storage-perl is not configured yet.
 pve-manager depends on pve-container (>= 4.0-9); however:
  Package pve-container is not configured yet.
 pve-manager depends on pve-ha-manager; however:
  Package pve-ha-manager is not configured yet.
 pve-manager depends on qemu-server (>= 8.0.4); however:
  Package qemu-server is not configured yet.
 pve-manager depends on spiceterm; however:
  Package spiceterm is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package pve-manager (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libpve-guest-common-perl:
 libpve-guest-common-perl depends on libpve-storage-perl (>= 7.0-14); however:
  Package libpve-storage-perl is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package libpve-guest-common-perl (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.36-9) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 samba-common
 smbclient
 ceph-common
 pve-qemu-kvm
 qemu-server
 proxmox-ve
 spiceterm
 libpve-storage-perl
 pve-ha-manager
 pve-container
 pve-manager
 libpve-guest-common-perl
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
 
Hi,
please post the output of apt update, pveversion -v and apt -o Debug::pkgProblemResolver=yes install smbclient.
 
I would like to mention that in some part of the upgrade, I had to wipe the folder /var/log because I ran out of space. I didn't know that doing that could break my package manager.Is still something that I can do the remedy this?
Hi,
please post the output of apt update, pveversion -v and apt -o Debug::pkgProblemResolver=yes install smbclient.

Shure. Here is the output requested:

Bash:
root@pve02:/etc# apt update
Hit:1 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://ftp.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease
Hit:3 http://ftp.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates InRelease
Hit:4 http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pve bookworm InRelease
Hit:5 http://download.proxmox.com/debian/ceph-quincy bookworm InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up to date.
root@pve02:/etc#

Bash:
root@pve02:/etc# pveversion -v
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
    LANGUAGE = (unset),
    LC_ALL = (unset),
    LC_CTYPE = "UTF-8",
    LANG = "en_US.UTF-8"
    are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to a fallback locale ("en_US.UTF-8").
proxmox-ve: not correctly installed (running kernel: 5.15.108-1-pve)
pve-manager: not correctly installed (running version: 8.0.3/bbf3993334bfa916)
pve-kernel-6.2: 8.0.2
pve-kernel-5.15: 7.4-4
pve-kernel-5.11: 7.0-10
pve-kernel-6.2.16-3-pve: 6.2.16-3
pve-kernel-5.15.108-1-pve: 5.15.108-1
pve-kernel-5.13.19-2-pve: 5.13.19-4
pve-kernel-5.11.22-7-pve: 5.11.22-12
pve-kernel-5.11.22-1-pve: 5.11.22-2
ceph-fuse: 17.2.6-pve1+3
corosync: 3.1.7-pve3
criu: 3.17.1-2
glusterfs-client: 10.3-5
ifupdown2: 3.2.0-1+pmx3
ksm-control-daemon: 1.4-1
libjs-extjs: 7.0.0-3
libknet1: 1.25-pve1
libproxmox-acme-perl: 1.4.6
libproxmox-backup-qemu0: 1.4.0
libproxmox-rs-perl: 0.3.0
libpve-access-control: 8.0.3
libpve-apiclient-perl: 3.3.1
libpve-common-perl: 8.0.5
libpve-guest-common-perl: not correctly installed
libpve-http-server-perl: 5.0.3
libpve-rs-perl: 0.8.3
libpve-storage-perl: not correctly installed
libspice-server1: 0.15.1-1
lvm2: 2.03.16-2
lxc-pve: 5.0.2-4
lxcfs: 5.0.3-pve3
novnc-pve: 1.4.0-2
proxmox-backup-client: 3.0.1-1
proxmox-backup-file-restore: 3.0.1-1
proxmox-kernel-helper: 8.0.2
proxmox-mail-forward: 0.2.0
proxmox-mini-journalreader: 1.4.0
proxmox-offline-mirror-helper: 0.6.1
proxmox-widget-toolkit: 4.0.5
pve-cluster: 8.0.1
pve-container: not correctly installed
pve-docs: 8.0.4
pve-edk2-firmware: 3.20230228-4
pve-firewall: 5.0.2
pve-firmware: 3.7-1
pve-ha-manager: not correctly installed
pve-i18n: 3.0.4
pve-qemu-kvm: not correctly installed
pve-xtermjs: 4.16.0-3
qemu-server: not correctly installed
smartmontools: 7.3-pve1
spiceterm: not correctly installed
swtpm: 0.8.0+pve1
vncterm: 1.8.0
zfsutils-linux: 2.1.12-pve1
root@pve02:/etc#

Bash:
root@pve02:~# apt -o Debug::pkgProblemResolver=yes install smbclient
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
smbclient is already the newest version (2:4.17.8+dfsg-2).
Starting pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 0
Starting 2 pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 0
Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
12 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Setting up samba-common (2:4.17.8+dfsg-2) ...
chmod: cannot access '/var/log/samba': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing package samba-common (--configure):
 installed samba-common package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of smbclient:
 smbclient depends on samba-common (= 2:4.17.8+dfsg-2); however:
  Package samba-common is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package smbclient (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up ceph-common (17.2.6-pve1+3) ...
Setting system user ceph properties..usermod: no changes
..done
chown: cannot access '/var/log/ceph': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing package ceph-common (--configure):
 installed ceph-common package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of pve-qemu-kvm:
 pve-qemu-kvm depends on ceph-common (>= 0.48); however:
  Package ceph-common is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package pve-qemu-kvm (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of qemu-server:
 qemu-server depends on pve-qemu-kvm (>= 7.1~); however:
  Package pve-qemu-kvm is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package qemu-server (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of proxmox-ve:
 proxmox-ve depends on pve-qemu-kvm; however:
  Package pve-qemu-kvm is not configured yet.
 proxmox-ve depends on qemu-server; however:
  Package qemu-server is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package proxmox-ve (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of spiceterm:
 spiceterm depends on pve-qemu-kvm; however:
  Package pve-qemu-kvm is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package spiceterm (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libpve-storage-perl:
 libpve-storage-perl depends on ceph-common (>= 12.2~); however:
  Package ceph-common is not configured yet.
 libpve-storage-perl depends on smbclient; however:
  Package smbclient is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package libpve-storage-perl (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of pve-ha-manager:
 pve-ha-manager depends on qemu-server (>= 8.0.2); however:
  Package qemu-server is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package pve-ha-manager (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of pve-container:
 pve-container depends on libpve-storage-perl (>= 7.2-10); however:
  Package libpve-storage-perl is not configured yet.
 pve-container depends on pve-ha-manager (>= 3.0-9); however:
  Package pve-ha-manager is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package pve-container (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of pve-manager:
 pve-manager depends on libpve-storage-perl (>= 7.2-12); however:
  Package libpve-storage-perl is not configured yet.
 pve-manager depends on pve-container (>= 4.0-9); however:
  Package pve-container is not configured yet.
 pve-manager depends on pve-ha-manager; however:
  Package pve-ha-manager is not configured yet.
 pve-manager depends on qemu-server (>= 8.0.4); however:
  Package qemu-server is not configured yet.
 pve-manager depends on spiceterm; however:
  Package spiceterm is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package pve-manager (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libpve-guest-common-perl:
 libpve-guest-common-perl depends on libpve-storage-perl (>= 7.0-14); however:
  Package libpve-storage-perl is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package libpve-guest-common-perl (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.36-9) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 samba-common
 smbclient
 ceph-common
 pve-qemu-kvm
 qemu-server
 proxmox-ve
 spiceterm
 libpve-storage-perl
 pve-ha-manager
 pve-container
 pve-manager
 libpve-guest-common-perl
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
root@pve02:~#
 
I would like to mention that in some part of the upgrade, I had to wipe the folder /var/log because I ran out of space. I didn't know that doing that could break my package manager.Is still something that I can do the remedy this?
That certainly is not ideal.
Bash:
chmod: cannot access '/var/log/samba': No such file or directory
chown: cannot access '/var/log/ceph': No such file or directory
Maybe it's enough to recreate these directories, but a new install would certainly be cleaner.
 
Maybe it's enough to recreate these directories, but a new install would certainly be cleaner.

Yes! Thank you! I recreated these directories and ran "apt install -f" with apparent success.

How can I check if everything is OK and is safe to reboot my server?

Bash:
root@pve02:/etc# pveversion -v
proxmox-ve: 8.0.1 (running kernel: 5.15.108-1-pve)
pve-manager: 8.0.3 (running version: 8.0.3/bbf3993334bfa916)
pve-kernel-6.2: 8.0.2
pve-kernel-5.15: 7.4-4
pve-kernel-5.11: 7.0-10
pve-kernel-6.2.16-3-pve: 6.2.16-3
pve-kernel-5.15.108-1-pve: 5.15.108-1
pve-kernel-5.13.19-2-pve: 5.13.19-4
pve-kernel-5.11.22-7-pve: 5.11.22-12
pve-kernel-5.11.22-1-pve: 5.11.22-2
ceph-fuse: 17.2.6-pve1+3
corosync: 3.1.7-pve3
criu: 3.17.1-2
glusterfs-client: 10.3-5
ifupdown2: 3.2.0-1+pmx3
ksm-control-daemon: 1.4-1
libjs-extjs: 7.0.0-3
libknet1: 1.25-pve1
libproxmox-acme-perl: 1.4.6
libproxmox-backup-qemu0: 1.4.0
libproxmox-rs-perl: 0.3.0
libpve-access-control: 8.0.3
libpve-apiclient-perl: 3.3.1
libpve-common-perl: 8.0.5
libpve-guest-common-perl: 5.0.3
libpve-http-server-perl: 5.0.3
libpve-rs-perl: 0.8.3
libpve-storage-perl: 8.0.2
libspice-server1: 0.15.1-1
lvm2: 2.03.16-2
lxc-pve: 5.0.2-4
lxcfs: 5.0.3-pve3
novnc-pve: 1.4.0-2
proxmox-backup-client: 3.0.1-1
proxmox-backup-file-restore: 3.0.1-1
proxmox-kernel-helper: 8.0.2
proxmox-mail-forward: 0.2.0
proxmox-mini-journalreader: 1.4.0
proxmox-offline-mirror-helper: 0.6.1
proxmox-widget-toolkit: 4.0.5
pve-cluster: 8.0.1
pve-container: 5.0.4
pve-docs: 8.0.4
pve-edk2-firmware: 3.20230228-4
pve-firewall: 5.0.2
pve-firmware: 3.7-1
pve-ha-manager: 4.0.2
pve-i18n: 3.0.4
pve-qemu-kvm: 8.0.2-3
pve-xtermjs: 4.16.0-3
qemu-server: 8.0.6
smartmontools: 7.3-pve1
spiceterm: 3.3.0
swtpm: 0.8.0+pve1
vncterm: 1.8.0
zfsutils-linux: 2.1.12-pve1
root@pve02:/etc#
 
Yes! Thank you! I recreated these directories and ran "apt install -f" with apparent success.

How can I check if everything is OK and is safe to reboot my server?
You can check the output of the pve7to8 script and I'd also take a look at the system logs.
 

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