5.5. Updating Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization Hosts

Summary

Red Hat Enterprise Linux virtualization hosts are updated the same way as regular Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems, using yum. It is highly recommended that you use yum to update your systems regularly, to ensure timely application of security and bug fixes. All steps in this task must be run while logged into the Red Hat Enterprise Linux virtualization host as the root user.

Procedure 5.5. Updating Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization Hosts

Make sure that the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Host is subscribed to the channel rhel-x86-64-rhev-mgmt-agent-6. Then run the yum command with the update parameter on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux virtualization host to update all installed packages.
```
# yum update
```

Result

You have successfully updated the Red Hat Enterprise Linux virtualization host. Repeat this process for each Red Hat Enterprise Linux virtualization host in the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization environment.