Chapter 7. Upgrading to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager 3.2
7.1. Upgrading to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager 3.2
rhevm-upgrade
command. Virtualization hosts, and the virtual machines running upon them, will continue to operate independently while the Manager is being upgraded. Once the Manager upgrade is complete you will be able to upgrade your hosts, if you haven't already, to the latest versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor.
Important
Note
rhevm-upgrade
command will attempt to roll your Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager installation back to its previous state. Where this also fails detailed instructions for manually restoring the installation are displayed.
Procedure 7.1. Upgrading to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager 3.2
- Ensure that the system is subscribed to the required entitlements to receive Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager 3.2 packages. This procedure assumes that the system is already subscribed to required 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 theRed Hat Enterprise Virtualization
entitlement. Use thesubscription-manager
command to enable the repository in youryum
configuration.# subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-6-server-rhevm-3.2-rpms
Red Hat Network ClassicThe Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.2 packages are provided by the
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (v.3.2 x86_64)
channel. Use therhn-channel
command, or the Red Hat Network Web Interface, to subscribe to theRed Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (v.3.2 x86_64)
channel.# rhn-channel --add --channel=rhel-x86_64-server-6-rhevm-3.2
- Ensure that the system does not use any Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager 3.1 packages by removing the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager 3.1 entitlements.Certificate-based Red Hat Network
Use the
subscription-manager
command to disable the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.1 repository in youryum
configuration. Thesubscription-manager
command must be run while logged in as theroot
user.# subscription-manager repos --disable=rhel-6-server-rhevm-3.1-rpms
Red Hat Network ClassicUse the
rhn-channel
command, or the Red Hat Network Web Interface, to remove theRed Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (v.3.1 x86_64)
channels.# rhn-channel --remove --channel=rhel-6-server-rhevm-3.1
- Update the base operating system:
# yum update
- To ensure that you have the most recent version of the
rhevm-upgrade
command installed you must update the rhevm-setup package.# yum update rhevm-setup
- To upgrade Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager run the
rhevm-upgrade
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)
- 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.
- Ensure that all of your virtualization hosts are up to date and running the most recent Red Hat Enterprise Linux packages or Hypervisor images.
- Change all of your clusters to use compatibility version 3.2.
- Change all of your data centers to use compatibility version 3.2.