This book guides you through upgrades of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. If you use SUSE Linux Enterprise Server as base system for other SLE products or extensions, also see their product documentation for upgrade information specific to this product or extension.
- Preface
- 1 Lifecycle and support
- 2 Upgrade paths and methods
- 3 Preparing the upgrade
- 3.1 Make sure the system is up-to-date
- 3.2 Read the release notes
- 3.3 Make a backup
- 3.4 Check the available disk space
- 3.5 Listing installed packages and repositories
- 3.6 Disable the LTSS extension
- 3.7 Migrate your PostgreSQL database
- 3.8 Migrate your MySQL or MariaDB database
- 3.9 Create non-MD5 server certificates for Java applications
- 3.10 Shut down virtual machine guests
- 3.11 Adjust your SMT client setup
- 3.12 Changes in AutoYaST profiles from SLE 12 to 15
- 3.13 Upgrading a Subscription Management Tool (SMT) server
- 3.14 Temporarily disabling kernel multiversion support
- 3.15 Adjust the
resumeboot parameter - 3.16 Upgrading on IBM Z
- 3.17 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 Finishing the upgrade
- 7 Backports of source code
- A GNU licenses
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