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2 | 2 | title: Upgrade RHEL PAYG virtual machines using Leapp |
3 | 3 | description: Provides steps to upgrade virtual machines that use RHEL pay-as-you-go images from RHEL 7 to RHEL 8 or RHEL 8 to RHEL 9. |
4 | 4 | ms.reviewer: divargas, msaenzbo, v-weizhu |
5 | | -ms.date: 09/14/2024 |
| 5 | +ms.date: 06/20/2025 |
6 | 6 | ms.service: azure-virtual-machines |
7 | 7 | ms.custom: sap:VM Admin - Linux (Guest OS), linux-related-content |
8 | 8 | ms.topic: how-to |
@@ -91,16 +91,18 @@ You can perform an in-place upgrade from RHEL 7 to the following RHEL 8 minor ve |
91 | 91 | You can perform an in-place upgrade from RHEL 8 to the following RHEL 9 minor versions. |
92 | 92 |
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93 | 93 |
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94 | | -| Source OS version| Target version | End of support | |
95 | | -|------------------|-----------------|---------------------| |
96 | | -| RHEL 8.8 | RHEL 9.2 | May 31, 2025 (EUS) | |
97 | | -| RHEL 8.10 | RHEL 9.4 | May 31, 2026 (EUS) | |
98 | | -| RHEL 8.10 | RHEL 9.5 | May 31, 2026 | |
| 94 | +| Source OS version| Target version | End of support | |
| 95 | +|------------------|----------------|---------------------| |
| 96 | +| RHEL 8.10 | RHEL 9.4 | April 30, 2026 (EUS)| |
| 97 | +| RHEL 8.10 | RHEL 9.6 | April 31, 2027 (EUS)| |
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100 | 100 |
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101 | 101 | > [!NOTE] |
102 | 102 | > If you locked the VM to a minor release, remove the version lock. For more information, see [Switch a RHEL 8.x VM back to non-EUS](/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/redhat/redhat-rhui?tabs=rhel8#switch-a-rhel-server-to-non-eus-repositories). |
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104 | 106 | 1. If you restricted packages to a specific version using the `yum-plugin-versionlock` command, remove the restriction: |
105 | 107 |
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106 | 108 | ```bash |
@@ -152,6 +154,7 @@ Replace `<target_os_version>` with the target OS version, for example, `8.10`. |
152 | 154 |
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153 | 155 | ### [RHEL 8.*x* to RHEL 9.*x*](#tab/rhel8-rhel9) |
154 | 156 |
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155 | 158 | Run the following `leapp preupgrade` command: |
156 | 159 |
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157 | 160 | ```bash |
@@ -205,7 +208,7 @@ Continue the Leapp upgrade process after the Leapp pre-upgrade report shows no e |
205 | 208 | ``` |
206 | 209 | |
207 | 210 | > [!NOTE] |
208 | | - > - Replace `<target_os_version>` with the target OS version, for example, `9.4` or `9.5`. |
| 211 | + > - Replace `<target_os_version>` with the target OS version, for example, `9.4` or `9.6`. |
209 | 212 | > - If you want to perform an automatic reboot, which is needed during the upgrade process, add the `--reboot` option to the `leapp upgrade` command. |
210 | 213 |
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211 | 214 | 2. If the `--reboot` option wasn't included in the previous command, monitor the Serial Console. Once the upgrade process shows that a reboot is required to continue the process as follows, manually reboot the VM: |
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