Chapter 5. Updating Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization between Minor Releases

5.1. Checking for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager Updates

Summary
Use the rhevm-check-update command, included in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager, to check for updates.

Procedure 5.1. Checking for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager Updates

  1. Run rhevm-check-update as the root user.
    # rhevm-check-update
    • Where no updates are available the command will output the text No updates available.
      # rhevm-check-update
      Loaded plugins: product-id, versionlock
      Checking for updates... (This may take several minutes)
      No updates available
      
    • Where updates are available the command will list the packages to be updated.
      # rhevm-check-update
      Loaded plugins: product-id
      Checking for updates... (This may take several minutes)
      12 Updates available:
       * rhevm-3.1.0-15.el6ev.noarch
       * rhevm-backend-3.1.0-15.el6ev.noarch
       * rhevm-config-3.1.0-15.el6ev.noarch
       * rhevm-dbscripts-3.1.0-15.el6ev.noarch
       * rhevm-genericapi-3.1.0-15.el6ev.noarch
       * rhevm-notification-service-3.1.0-15.el6ev.noarch
       * rhevm-restapi-3.1.0-15.el6ev.noarch
       * rhevm-setup-3.1.0-15.el6ev.noarch
       * rhevm-tools-common-3.1.0-15.el6ev.noarch
       * rhevm-userportal-3.1.0-15.el6ev.noarch
       * rhevm-webadmin-portal-3.1.0-15.el6ev.noarch
       * vdsm-bootstrap-4.9.6-32.0.el6_3.noarch
      
Result
You have successfully checked for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager updates.