Issue on yum update with kernel

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--> Running transaction check
---> Package e2fsprogs-resize2fs-static.x86_64 0:1.42.3-3.el6.1.ovz will be installed
---> Package kernel.x86_64 0:2.6.32-358.2.1.el6 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: kernel-firmware >= 2.6.32-358.2.1.el6 for package: kernel-2.6.32-358.2.1.el6.x86_64
Package kernel-firmware-2.6.32-358.2.1.el6.noarch is obsoleted by vzkernel-firmware-2.6.32-042stab075.2.noarch which is already installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Package: kernel-2.6.32-358.2.1.el6.x86_64 (updates)
           Requires: kernel-firmware >= 2.6.32-358.2.1.el6
           Removing: vzkernel-firmware-2.6.32-042stab075.2.noarch (@openvz-kernel-rhel6)
               kernel-firmware = 2.6.32-279.22.1.el6
           Updated By: vzkernel-firmware-2.6.32-042stab076.5.noarch (openvz-kernel-rhel6)
               kernel-firmware = 2.6.32-279.22.1.el6
           Available: kernel-firmware-2.6.32-358.el6.noarch (base)
               kernel-firmware = 2.6.32-358.el6
           Available: kernel-firmware-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.noarch (updates)
               kernel-firmware = 2.6.32-358.0.1.el6
           Available: kernel-firmware-2.6.32-358.2.1.el6.noarch (updates)
               kernel-firmware = 2.6.32-358.2.1.el6
 You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
** Found 1 pre-existing rpmdb problem(s), 'yum check' output follows:
kernel-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.x86_64 has missing requires of kernel-firmware >= ('0', '2.6.32', '358.0.1.el6')
[root@HOST ~]# uname -a
Linux HOST.DOMAIN.SITE 2.6.32-042stab075.2 #1 SMP Tue Mar 5 15:21:53 MSK 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Is this issue because it is trying to install 2 kernels?

How do I fix this so a yum update works?

Michael Hampton · Answer 1 · 2013-04-04T03:56:09.080

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The default CentOS 6.4 kernel can't be installed because the OpenVZ kernel is blocking it. This is expected, since you probably don't want the OpenVZ kernel to be replaced with the CentOS kernel.

If you have other packages to update, use --skip-broken as it suggested.

This issue will be resolved when OpenVZ updates its kernel packages.

edited Apr 04 '13 at 03:56

answered Apr 04 '13 at 00:53

Michael Hampton

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Well it is an OpenVZ node box, so I would want the openvz kernel installed and updated over the default centos kernel. – Tiffany Walker Apr 04 '13 at 02:25
That's what I said! – Michael Hampton Apr 04 '13 at 02:43

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 02 '13 at 08:41

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As on the openvz vzkernel-firmware page1 explains, the package vzkernel-firmware must be excluded in the yum repo file to avoid conflicts on Centos installations.

answered May 02 '13 at 08:41

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