RHEL 7.6 Final available
Hi everybody,
I just realized that as of today the final release of RHEL 7.6 is available to download and install ->
https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/69/ver=/rhel---7/7.6/x86_64/product-software
Happy upgrading ! :)
Responses
Pro
484 points
Excellent news.
Very worthy milestone.
Let's hope the upgrade is smooth.
Regards,
Dusan Baljevic (amateur radio VK2COT)
I am waiting because of my bad experience with originally installing RHEL 7.4 and the upgrade right after the install -- to RHEL 7.5 -- broke the GUI and logging in.
The huge amount of packages that my "yum update" requested set off my concerns that this was a major upgrade. My work laptop needs to be working with as little issues as possible so I am holding off.
James
Guru
9770 points
Good decision James, you are right - although the server upgrade went smoothly and everything works, I'm facing GUI issues too. My "old" AMD Radeon 3650 graphics adapter can't be used at the moment, because the currently installed xorg-x11-drv-ati drivers are crashing. As a workaround I added radeon.modeset=0 to the kernel boot parameters until an update/upgrade for the xorg/xserver drivers packages will be - hopefully soon - available. :)
Regards,
Christian
Yeah, I feel sorry for you. Having to resolve an issue like that would not have made for a good day at work.
I'm currently using a Dell E6520 laptop with RHEL 7.5.
Best,
James
Guru
6227 points
All,
I guess I wait a few days before upgrading my RHEL servers at work. Will first do some tests at home.
Regards,
Jan Gerrit
Guru
10153 points
So discovered today that there's some giant bugs with Satellite and 7.6, especially if you are on satellite 6.2. (ask me how I know) I foresee an upgrade to satellite 6.3.currentish to 6.4 per discussion with my TAM
Is 7.6 available for developer use yet? :)
Guru
10153 points
G D
Absolutely, go to the downloads area & grab it. https://access.redhat.com/downloads/
If necessary, use your current Red Hat credentials, and log into developers.redhat.com and then re-check your subscriptions at access.redhat.com
Regards
RJ
Guru
10153 points
G D, if you just need the iso file to load/reload a system (or if your entitlement expired), see the previous post I made. If you're upgrading an existing system to RHEL 7.6, see Christian's post above
Regards,
RJ
Guru
6227 points
All,
first serious bug announced: https://access.redhat.com/solutions/3673201 LVM related issue, it is possible to corrupt the first 128kb of a physical volume.
Regards,
Jan Gerrit Kootstra
Guru
10153 points
Thanks Jan
Guru
10153 points
So the lvm2 issue claims to be resolved with https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:3442 (see "Updated Packages" tab at that link) - lvm2-2.02.180-10.el7_6.2.x86_64
The body of the above RHBA includes this text (so this addresses the Bugzilla):
Fixes
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1644206
rpm -q --changelog lvm2
Name : lvm2
Epoch : 7
Version : 2.02.180
Release : 10.el7_6.2
Architecture: x86_64
Install Date: Thu 01 Nov 2018 09:38:16 AM EDT
Group : System Environment/Base
Size : 3105541
License : GPLv2
Signature : RSA/SHA256, Wed 31 Oct 2018 05:24:34 AM EDT, Key ID 199e2f91fd431d51
Source RPM : lvm2-2.02.180-10.el7_6.2.src.rpm
Build Date : Wed 31 Oct 2018 04:55:58 AM EDT
Build Host : x86-034.build.eng.bos.redhat.com
Relocations : (not relocatable)
Packager : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>
Vendor : Red Hat, Inc.
URL : http://sources.redhat.com/lvm2
Summary : Userland logical volume management tools
Description :
LVM2 includes all of the support for handling read/write operations on
physical volumes (hard disks, RAID-Systems, magneto optical, etc.,
multiple devices (MD), see mdadm(8) or even loop devices, see
losetup(8)), creating volume groups (kind of virtual disks) from one
or more physical volumes and creating one or more logical volumes
(kind of logical partitions) in volume groups.
* Wed Oct 31 2018 Marian Csontos <mcsontos@redhat.com> - 7:2.02.180-10.el7_6.2
- Fix possible write beyond metadata area.
<output truncated>
And also lvm2-libs
rpm -q --changelog lvm2-libs
Name : lvm2-libs
Epoch : 7
Version : 2.02.180
Release : 10.el7_6.2
Architecture: x86_64
Install Date: Thu 01 Nov 2018 09:38:13 AM EDT
Group : System Environment/Libraries
Size : 3778940
License : LGPLv2
Signature : RSA/SHA256, Wed 31 Oct 2018 05:24:34 AM EDT, Key ID 199e2f91fd431d51
Source RPM : lvm2-2.02.180-10.el7_6.2.src.rpm
Build Date : Wed 31 Oct 2018 04:55:58 AM EDT
Build Host : x86-034.build.eng.bos.redhat.com
Relocations : (not relocatable)
Packager : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>
Vendor : Red Hat, Inc.
URL : http://sources.redhat.com/lvm2
Summary : Shared libraries for lvm2
Description :
This package contains shared lvm2 libraries for applications.
* Wed Oct 31 2018 Marian Csontos <mcsontos@redhat.com> - 7:2.02.180-10.el7_6.2
- Fix possible write beyond metadata area.
Regards
RJ
Guru
9770 points
WOW ... that was fast - thanks for the update, RJ ! :)
Regards,
Christian
Guru
10153 points
Gladly Christian,
Hope all is well in your world
Very glad they resolved this (yesterday, apparently) so soon.
Regards, RJ
Guru
9770 points
Yes, (nearly) everything fine in "my world" - thank you, RJ ! :) By the way, I have also upgraded my fedora workstation to F29 and you know what ? That thingie rocks - really ! The best workstation system I've ever used so far ... I can't imagine how the devs will be able to top that - unbelievable.
Cheers :)
Christian
Oh, and I hope that in "your world" everything is perfect too - or better : as good as possible ... :)
Guru
10153 points
G D
Overwhelmingly, minor OS upgrades (the number to the right of the period) do not require a full reload. I generally upgrade minor RHEL releases (7.x to a higher version of 7.x, and even 6.x to a higher version of 6.x in the past) with generally no issues. Generally speaking.
Regards
RJ
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