All,
Given the interest in upgrading to the recently released SP3, I wanted to bring
a couple of things to your attention. There is now a knowledgebase document
that describes the process in excruciating detail, for all supported upgrade
paths. For those that simply want to use the "online update" process to go
from SP2 to SP3, here's a much simpler list:
1. Refresh zypper's view of what's available:
zypper refresh
2. Make sure you can see the migration "product" for SP3:
zypper se -t product | grep migration
You should see a line with this in it:
SUSE_SLES-SP3-migration | SUSE_SLES Service Pack 3 Migration Product
3. Install the SUSE_SLES-SP3-migration product:
zypper in -t product SUSE_SLES-SP3-migration
4. Re-register the system to get access to the SP3 repositories:
suse_register -d 2 -L /root/.suse_register.log
5. Refresh zypper's view of available services and repositories:
zypper refresh --services
6. Make sure the new repositories are there:
zypper lr | grep SP3
You should see the following entries:
SLE11-SP3-Debuginfo-Pool
SLE11-SP3-Debuginfo-Updates
SLES11-SP3-Extension-Store
SLES11-SP3-Pool
SLES11-SP3-Updates
7. Run the distribution upgrade:
zypper dup --from SLES11-SP3-Pool --from SLES11-SP3-Updates
8. After the upgrade is complete, re-register your system (again):
suse_register -d 2 -L /root/.suse_register.log
This cleans up the migration product, removes unnecessary repositories, etc.
9. Reboot to bring the new kernel into use:
shutdown -r now
Mark Post
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