How do I upgrade from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 with SAP HANA
Issue
- How do I perform an in-place upgrade from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7?
- How do I use the Preupgrade Assistant and Red Hat Upgrade Tool to upgrade Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7?
Environment
SAP HANA hosts:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 with or without the ELS subscription
- running on physical infrastructure or in a virtual environment, only on x86_64
- not using cloud platform
If not SAP HANA: see "Planning an Upgrade" to verify your architecture is supported, and then the rest of the "Upgrading from RHEL 6 to RHEL 7" document.
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