Red Hat Enterprise Linux Upgrade Helper
This application assists you to upgrade your Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) with the following upgrade paths and architectures.
The supported minor release number for the upgrade is different upon the system architecture.
- RHEL 6.10 into RHEL 7.9
- 64-bit Intel
- IBM POWER, big endian
- 64-bit IBM Z
- RHEL 7.9 into RHEL 8.8 or RHEL 8.10 (default)
- 64-bit Intel
- IBM POWER 8, little endian
- 64-bit IBM Z
- RHEL 8.8 into RHEL 9.2
- 64-bit Intel, AMD, and ARM
- IBM POWER, little endian
- 64-bit IBM Z
- RHEL 8.10 into RHEL 9.4
- 64-bit Intel, AMD, and ARM
- IBM POWER, little endian
- 64-bit IBM Z
The only information you need to provide are your upgrade path, system architecture, and repository type. This application shows you:
- The basic steps to upgrade Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Extra steps that prevent known issues specific to your upgrade scenario
Notes:
- How to Upgrade from RHEL 7 to RHEL 8 using Leapp.
- For more information about supported upgrade paths, see Supported in-place upgrade paths for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
- Upgrading RHEL6 to RHEL8 is possible by executing the two upgrades (RHEL6 to RHEL7 and RHEL7 to RHEL8) sequentially. All requirements from both upgrades needs to be met on RHEL6. Refer to Upgrading from RHEL 6 to RHEL 8 for the pre-requirements.
- The in-place upgrade of RHEL 6 with SAP HANA can be performed from RHEL 6.10 to RHEL 7.4 only. Refer to How do I upgrade from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 with SAP HANA for checking the special requirement for SAP HANA and the upgrade steps.
- The in-place upgrade of RHEL 7 with SAP HANA can be performed from RHEL 7.9 to RHEL 8.8 or RHEL 8.10. Refer to Upgrading SAP environments from RHEL 7 to RHEL 8 for checking the special requirement for SAP HANA and the upgrade steps.
- The in-place upgrade of RHEL 8 with SAP HANA can be performed from RHEL 8.8 to RHEL 9.2 and from RHEL 8.10 to RHEL 9.4. Refer to Upgrading SAP environments from RHEL 8 to RHEL 9 for checking the special requirement for SAP HANA and the upgrade steps.
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