RHEL Server Subscription, want to update offline RHEL Workstation via local repo

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We have a RHEL (7.5) yum server that is registered via RHEL Server subscription. We would like to use this local repo to update a 7.0 version of RHEL Workstation. Whenever I run:
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yum update

the update errors out on some packages

Error: unbound-libs conflicts with redhat-release-workstation-7.0-1.el7.x86_64
Error: Package: libmwaw-0.1.11-3.el7.x86_64 (@anaconda/7.0)
Requires: libwpd-stream-0.9.so.9()(64bit)
Removing: libwpd-0.9.9-3.el7.x86_64 (@anaconda/7.0)
libwpd-stream-0.9.so.9()(64bit)
Updated By: libwpd-0.10.0-1.el7.x86_64 (mylocalrepo)
Not found

I have looked through

subscription-manager repos

and couldn't find anything about Workstation. Am I not going to be able to update via my local yum server?

BP
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Christian Labisch's picture Guru 9715 points
28 September 2018 1:35 PM

Hi Bryan,

Upgrading from RHEL 7.0 to RHEL 7.5 directly means that you skip four point releases and is definitely not recommended.
Getting error messages about conflicting package dependencies is what you have to expect - so it's nothing unusual here.
Of course you can try to fix this by searching, finding, downloading matching packages and manually installing them, but
there's no guarantee it'll work and also, it's more effort than cleanly installing RHEL 7.5 from scratch. It takes less time. :)

Regards,
Christian

Christian Labisch's picture Guru 9715 points
28 September 2018 1:48 PM

Bryan, what I forgot to say : Workstation may have packages in the repositories that Server doesn't have and vice versa.
Best would be to download the Workstation 7.5 DVD ISO file and use that to install RHEL 7.5 Workstation. Good luck. :)

Regards,
Christian

BP Newbie 15 points
28 September 2018 2:03 PM

Okay I will probably go with this. Is it still not recommended to go from 7.0 to 7.5 via disk? Might be a silly question but is it better to go through 5 different incremental updates, testing stability after each? Or should I just try to backup my config and fresh install?

Christian Labisch's picture Guru 9715 points
28 September 2018 2:19 PM

Hi Bryan,

There are no "silly questions" ... and yes, when you perform incremental upgrading chances are much higher that it works. But there's still the problem with the different repo contents and so I'd prefer to backup your configs and perform a fresh installation of the system. Then you're on the safe side ... :)

Regards,
Christian

BP Newbie 15 points
1 October 2018 7:15 PM

Is authconfig the tool you would recommend to do this? This is the only one I know to use.

Also, my current version is RHEL Workstation 7.0. I would like to back up the configurations, fresh install RHEL Server 7.5, and restore configuration. Is this possible or are the backups not compatible?

Christian Labisch's picture Guru 9715 points
2 October 2018 9:12 AM

Hi Bryan,

I would recommend to use rsync for backup and restoring configuration. Generally configurations compatibility depends on which specific configuration you want to keep. Just install the new system and try it out ... if using the old configuration works, fine ... if not, delete those which don't work and recreate the specific configuration ... :)

Regards,
Christian

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