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QRadar: High Availability software upgrades can results in "[ERROR] Copied patch file to standby host, but MD5 sums do not match."

Troubleshooting


Problem

High Availability (HA) pair fails to apply a software update with the following message in patches.log: [ERROR] Copied patch file to standby host, but MD5 sums do not match.

The issue described in this technical note is officially reported in APAR IJ12252.

Symptom

Look for similar messages in /var/log/setup-<QRadar_version>/patches.log:
Copying file /storetmp/732_QRadar_interimfix-7.3.2.20190522204210-IF02-20190710135412.sfs to host /storetmp:/storetmp/732_QRadar_interimfix-7.3.2.20190522204210-IF02-20190710135412.sfs
cp: cannot create regular file 'root@/storetmp:/storetmp/732_QRadar_interimfix-7.3.2.20190522204210-IF02-20190710135412.sfs/732_QRadar_interimfix-7.3.2.20190522204210-IF02-20190710135412.sfs': No such file or directory
[ERROR] Couldn't copy patch file FILE to host /storetmp.
[ERROR] Copied patch file to standby host, but MD5 sums do not match.
[ERROR](a-i-has-testmode) HOSTNAME-secondary : patch test failed.
[ERROR](a-i-has-testmode) Patching can not continue
Patch Report for IP-ADDRESS, appliance type: 1828
HOSTNAME-primary : patch test succeeded.
Copied patch file to standby host, but MD5 sums do not match.

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Document Information

Modified date:
07 January 2021

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ibm11072998