5.7 Channel Upgrade from OES 11 SP2 to OES 11 SP3

Register the OES 11 SP2 server with NCC using the following command:

suse_register -a email=<Email-Address> -a regcode-sles=<SLESactivation-key> -a regcode-oes=<OES-activation-key> -L /root/.suse_register.log

Run the zypper ca command to ensure that OES11-SP2-Pool, OES11-SP2-Updates, SLES-11-SP3-Pool and SLES11-SP3-Updates catalogs are subscribed and enabled.

Apply all the available patches either using zypper or yast2 online_update. In the list of available patches, ensure that the Enable update to Novell Open Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 3 is selected. If this patch is not installed, you cannot proceed with the upgrade.

Start the wagon upgrade module using the yast2 wagon command.

On the welcome screen, click Next.

In Registration Check screen, click Run Registration if the “System not Registered” warning is displayed.

The Run Registration redirects to the NCC screen and click Next. Wagon does a sync and pops up a message stating that the software repositories need not be changed. This happens as there are no updates at this stage.

In the Registration Check screen, ensure that the registration summary displays “Product SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 has a valid registration and Product Novell Open Enterprise Server 11 SP2 has a valid registration”. If the valid registration message is displayed, click Next, and it resets the package manager.

In the Update Method screen, select Customer Center > Next.

The NCC screen is displayed again. Click Next, and it does a sync and pops up a message stating that the configuration is successful. Click Details and ensure that the following repositories are enabled as shown in the following figure.

In the Distribution Upgrade Settings screen, you must see the following content under the Update Options section.

Click Next > Start upgrade and continue with the upgrade. Once the upgrade is complete, a pop up is displayed informing about a server reboot; click OK and continue with the upgrade.

The NCC screen is displayed once again, wherein the registration of the final product is triggered. Click Next and at the final success message dialog, click Finish.

Reboot the server to get the new kernel.

After the reboot, log on to the server and run the yast2 channel-upgrade-oes command to complete the OES services reconfiguration. This will prompt for eDirectory and DSfW passwords if the answer file is not created. Provide the password and continue. For more information on creating the answer file, see Section 5.6.3, Creating an Answer File to Provide the eDirectory and DSfW Passwords.

Register the OES 11 SP2 server with NCC using the suse_register -a email=<Email-Address> -a regcode-sles=<SLESactivation-key> -a regcode-oes=<OES-activation-key> -L /root/.suse_register.log command.

Run the zypper ca command to ensure that OES11-SP2-Pool, OES11-SP2-Updates, SLES-11-SP3-Pool and SLES11-SP3-Updates catalogs are subscribed and enabled.

Run the zypper update -t patch command to install package management updates.

Run the zypper update -t patch command once again to install all available updates for SLES 11 SP3 and OES11 SP2. Ensure that the oes11sp2-enable-OES11-SP3-online-migration patch is installed. If this patch is not installed, you cannot proceed with the upgrade.

Run the zypper pd command to ensure that the Open_Enterprise_Server-SP3-migration and SUSE_SLES-SP4-migration are listed but not installed. To check the products installed, run zypper pd -i command.

The installed products contain information about the distribution upgrades and the migration products that should be installed to perform the migration. Use the zypper se -t product | grep -h -- "-migration" | cut -d\| -f2 command.

A sample output is as follows:

Open_Enterprise_Server-SP3-migration
SUSE_SLES-SP4-migration

Install these migration products using the zypper in -t product Open_Enterprise_Server-SP3-migration SUSE_SLES-SP4-migration command.

Run the suse_register -L /root/.suse_register.log command to register the products and to get the corresponding repositories.

Run the zypper ref -s command to refresh services and repositories.

Check the repositories using the zypper lr command. It should list OES11-SP3-Pool, OES11-SP3-Updates, SLES11-SP4-Pool and SLES11-SP4-Updates repositories, and they should be enabled.

Perform a distribution upgrade using the zypper dup --from SLES11-SP4-Pool --from SLES11-SP4-Updates --from OES11-SP3-Pool --from OES11-SP3-Updates command.

Once the upgrade is successfully completed, register the new products once again using the suse_register -L /root/.suse_register.log command.

Reboot the server.

After the reboot, log on to the server and run the yast2 channel-upgrade-oes command to complete the OES services reconfiguration. This will prompt for eDirectory and DSfW passwords if the answer file is not created. Provide the password and continue. For more information on creating the answer file, see Section 5.6.3, Creating an Answer File to Provide the eDirectory and DSfW Passwords.

Install and set up the SMT server. For more information on setting up SMT, see Subscription Management Tool (SMT) for SUSE Linux Enterprise 11.

Mirror down the following channels on to the SMT server:

For more information on Mirroring and Managing the repositories, see Mirroring Repositories on the SMT Server and Managing Repositories with YaST SMT Server Management.

Register the OES 11 SP2 server with the SMT server. For more information on registering, see Configuring Clients with the clientSetup4SMT.sh Script in the Subscription Management Tool Guide.

After registration, upgrading the OES 11 SP2 to OES 11 SP3 is the same as that of NCC upgrades as described from Step 2 in Section 5.7, Channel Upgrade from OES 11 SP2 to OES 11 SP3.

Click Abort.

In the Reverting Migration screen, click Next.

In NCC registration screen, click Next.

Follow the screen prompts and complete the revert process.