Re: up2date
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:01:12 -0400
Message-ID: <9256898f0910280901u42d58ce0i276763e6727ea642_at_mail.gmail.com>
[Submitting again, I forgot to remove some of the quotes and my post was flagged for overquoting. ;)]
We have OEL support from Oracle as well and I would be disappointed to find out that they aren't more helpful than they have been to Eugene with respect to upgrading. I'm pretty sure RedHat would help....
As others have mentioned, using up2date only applies the latest fixes for the current release you are on. If you want to move up from say 4.7 to 5.3 then its a different process.
FYI: here is the redhat documentation, which should hold true for OEL.
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-5-manual/Installation_Guide-en-US/ch23s01.html
You can upgrade in place but they recommend reinstallation.... I currently support some OEL environments but I haven't had to upgrade them yet.. So i'm not sure what kind of problems you could hit doing the upgrade method but the link above talks to that.
> On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 4:56 AM, Eugene Pipko <eugene.pipko_at_unionbay.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Well, I am new to Linux. Trying to upgrade our current OEL 4 to the latest
>> release. Opened an SR with Oracle Support where I was advised to run
>> up2date.
>>
>> Configured, ran it till it said that no more packages required. Rebooted the
>> server. Checked Linux version and … it still shows the same version.
>>
>> Conveyed that to support person, who told me that he wants to close the case
>> unless I have other issues than running up2date.
>>
>>
>>
>> 1. What do I need to do to update to the latest version?
>>
>> 2. Don’t you think that this should be covered by Oracle support since
>> we’re paying for it?
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> Eugene Pipko
>>
>> Seattle Pacific Industries
>>
>> office: 253.872.5243
>>
>> cell: 206.304.7726
>>
>> P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.
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