Ok... I found the log file The error is: Commit complete. insert into rhnPackageSyncBlacklist (package_name_id) * ERROR at line 1: ORA-02291: integrity constraint (SPACEWALKDBUSER.RHN_PACKAGESYNCBL_PNID_FK) violated - parent key not found Any suggestions? Regards <div class="gmail_quote">On 5 July 2012 17:25, Gerhardus Geldenhuis <<a href="mailto:gerhardus.geldenhuis@gmail.com" target="_blank">gerhardus.geldenhuis@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi I am using an external Oracle DB. 11g. I get the following error when configuring spacewalk: ** Database: Testing database connection. ** Database: Populating database. *** Progress: ################################## Could not populate database. Not very helpful, is there a log file somewhere that could suggest a reason for failure? Regards -- Gerhardus Geldenhuis </blockquote></div> -- Gerhardus Geldenhuis