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QRadar: Patch upgrade failed with 'ERROR: This patch was meant for a different version'

Troubleshooting


Problem

During a patch upgrade, if an older versioned SFS file from a previous patch upgrade is still mounted to /media/updates
and the patch upgrade cannot proceed. The following error is displayed to users when this issue occurs:
[ERROR] This patch was meant for a different version (2019.14.1.20230822112654).
 ./patchInstaller.pl -patchfile /storetmp/750_QRadar_interimfix-7.5.0.20230822112654-IF01-20231102164146INT.sfs  -p ./superpatches.manifest.xml completed with result 0

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
14 December 2023

UID

ibm16244700