{"id":1034,"date":"2014-04-03T21:43:36","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T02:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yourLinuxGuy.com\/?p=1034"},"modified":"2014-04-04T18:43:08","modified_gmt":"2014-04-04T23:43:08","slug":"how-to-in-place-upgrade-from-sles-11-sp2-to-sp3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourLinuxGuy.com\/?p=1034","title":{"rendered":"How to in-place upgrade from SLES 11 SP2 to SP3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following along in my line of “Readers Digest” versions of the official Opensuse upgrades procedures (here are a couple of my\u00a0past ones: 11.1<\/a>, 11.2<\/a>, 11.4<\/a>, 12.1<\/a>, 12.2<\/a>), I decided I’d post one for upgrading in-place from SLES 11 SP2 to SP3 (which I’ve been doing a lot of lately).\u00a0 I always like to keep a brief, concise version for myself to reference, and I hope it might help you too.\u00a0 Just be sure to run each of these lines one-at-a-time, not like a script…<\/p>\n

Here you go:<\/p>\n

su -
\nzypper ref -s
\nzypper update -t patch
\nzypper in -t product sle-sdk-SP3-migration SUSE_SLES-SP3-migration
\nsuse_register -d 2 -L \/root\/.suse_register.log
\nzypper ref -s
\nzypper mr --disable <for each of the sles 11 sp1 and sp2 repos>
\nzypper dup --from SLES11-SP3-Pool --from SLES11-SP3-Updates
\nsuse_register -d 2 -L \/root\/.suse_register.log<\/code><\/p>\n

Thanks to the folks at Novell Support, and here’s the “long and detailed” guide that I borrowed this from:
\nhttp:\/\/www.novell.com\/support\/kb\/doc.php?id=7012368<\/code><\/p>\n

Cool!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following along in my line of “Readers Digest” versions of the official Opensuse upgrades procedures (here are a couple of my\u00a0past ones: 11.1, 11.2, 11.4, 12.1, 12.2), I decided I’d post one for upgrading in-place from SLES 11 SP2 to…
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