This book guides you through upgrades and updates of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. Different approaches are described, for example upgrading from an installation DVD, via network boot, or a running system.
- About This Guide
- 1 Upgrade Paths and Methods
- 2 Life Cycle and Support
- 3 Preparing the Upgrade
- 3.1 Make Sure the Current System Is Up-To-Date
- 3.2 Read the Release Notes
- 3.3 Make a Backup
- 3.4 Listing Installed Packages and Repositories
- 3.5 Disable the LTSS Extension
- 3.6 Upgrading from SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
- 3.7 Migrate Your PostgreSQL Database
- 3.8 Shut Down Virtual Machine Guests
- 3.9 Adjusting your SMT client setup
- 3.10 Disk Space
- 3.11 Changes in AutoYaST Profiles from SLE 12 to 15
- 3.12 Upgrading a Subscription Management Tool (SMT) Server
- 3.13 Temporarily Disabling Kernel Multiversion Support
- 3.14 Adjust the
resumeboot parameter - 3.15 Upgrading on IBM Z
- 3.16 IBM POWER: Starting an X Server
- 4 Upgrading Offline
- 5 Upgrading Online
- 5.1 Conceptual Overview
- 5.2 Service Pack Migration Workflow
- 5.3 Canceling Service Pack Migration
- 5.4 Upgrading with the Online Migration Tool (YaST)
- 5.5 Upgrading with Zypper
- 5.6 Upgrading with Plain Zypper
- 5.7 Rolling Back a Service Pack
- 5.8 Upgrading with SUSE Manager
- 5.9 Upgrading from openSUSE Leap to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
- 6 Backports of Source Code
- A GNU licenses
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