Procedure 19.8. Upgrading to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager 3.2

1. Add Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.2 Subscription

   Ensure that the system is subscribed to the required channels and entitlements to receive Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager 3.2 packages. This procedure assumes that the system is already subscribed to required channels and entitlements to receive Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.1 packages. These must also be available to complete the upgrade process.
   Certificate-based Red Hat Network

   The Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.2 packages are provided by the rhel-6-server-rhevm-3.2-rpms repository associated with the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization entitlement. Use the yum-config-manager command to enable the repository in your yum configuration. The yum-config-manager command must be run while logged in as the root user.

   # yum-config-manager --enable rhel-6-server-rhevm-3.2-rpms

   Red Hat Network Classic

   The Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.2 packages are provided by the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (v.3.2 x86_64) channel, also referred to as rhel-x86_64-server-6-rhevm-3.2 in Red Hat Network Classic.

   rhn-channel --add --channel=rhel-x86_64-server-6-rhevm-3.2

   Use the rhn-channel command, or the Red Hat Network Web Interface, to subscribe to the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (v.3.2 x86_64) channel.

2. Remove Enterprise Virtualization 3.1 Subscription

   Ensure that the system does not use any Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager 3.1 packages by removing the Red Hat Enterprise Vitulization Manager 3.1 channels and entitlements.
   Certificate-based Red Hat Network

   Use the yum-config-manager command to disable the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.1 repository in your yum configuration. The yum-config-manager command must be run while logged in as the root user.

   # yum-config-manager --disablerepo=rhel-6-server-rhevm-3.1-rpms

   Red Hat Network Classic

   Use the rhn-channel command, or the Red Hat Network Web Interface, to remove the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (v.3.1 x86_64) channels.

   # rhn-channel --remove --channel=rhel-6-server-rhevm-3.1

3. Update the rhevm-setup Package

   To ensure that you have the most recent version of the rhevm-upgrade command installed you must update the rhevm-setup package. Log in as the root user and use yum to update the rhevm-setup package.

   # yum update rhevm-setup

4. Run the rhevm-upgrade Command

   To upgrade Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager run the rhevm-upgrade command. You must be logged in as the root user to run this command.

   # rhevm-upgrade
   Loaded plugins: product-id, rhnplugin
   Info: RHEV Manager 3.1 to 3.2 upgrade detected
   Checking pre-upgrade conditions...(This may take several minutes)
   

5. If the ipa-server package is installed then an error message is displayed. Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager 3.2 does not support installation on the same machine as Identity Management (IdM).

   Error: IPA was found to be installed on this machine. Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager 3.2 does not support installing IPA on the same machine. Please remove ipa packages before you continue.
   

   To resolve this issue you must migrate the IdM configuration to another system before re-attempting the upgrade. For further information see https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/233143.