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    Redhat Upgrade from 6 to 7

    I- General action plan :


    Step 1: Check with the owner the application compatibility with Redhat 7

    Step 2: Perform the upgrade on Test Platform


    a. Upgrade to 6.10
    b. Package installation and run of the preupgrade tools
    c. Fix all the issues
    d. Prepare and enable extra repository (if required)
    e. Perform the upgrade to 7.9
    f. Install the grub2
    g. Perform all the sanity checks of the upgrade

    Step 3: Perform the upgrade on Prod platform now.

    Step 4: If working , prepare the detailed action plan with all fixes done and the estimated down time

    II- Technical action plan for upgrade :


    The document for Upgrade reference is: https://access.redhat.com/solutions/637583

    Step 1:
    -Take backup

    Take snapshot before starting


    Save the /etc
    Save network interface configuration
    Save all packages installed
    Save all the libraries
    Save all scripts

    Step 2:
    -Upgrade to Redhat 6.10

    clean subscription
    # subscription-manager remove --all
    # subscription-manager unregister
    # subscription-manager clean

    Configure Redhat 6.10 repos


    yum update –y
    Montion the time that the upgrade took.

    Step 3:
    -Reboot and Check Redhat version.

    Step 4:

    -Prepare the upgrade to 7.9 :

    -Yum install : the following tools for preupgrade and upgrade :

    openscap-1.2.13-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
    openscap-engine-sce-1.2.13-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
    openscap-scanner-1.2.13-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
    openscap-utils-1.2.13-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
    preupgrade-assistant-2.6.2-1.el6.noarch.rpm
    preupgrade-assistant-el6toel7-0.8.0-3.el6.noarch.rpm
    preupgrade-assistant-el6toel7-data-0.20200704-1.el6.noarch.rpm
    redhat-upgrade-tool-0.8.0-9.el6.noarch.rpm

    Step 5:
    -Run preupgrade tools and perform checks.

    -Run Preupgrage command : preupg


    -Check and fix issues found in /root/preupgrade/result.html

    Some common issue faced during the upgarde :

     Gnome fail, must uninstall Gnome : - yum groupremove "Desktop" "X Window System"
    "Fonts".
     Upgrade Java from 1.6 to 1.7. using 6.10 ISO.
     Convert /usr from partition to directory:
     Reducing /usr space on rescue mode
    https://access.redhat.com/solutions/9714
     Separate /usr https://access.redhat.com/solutions/909603
     Check if there is enough space on /boot:
     In case cleanup /boot from previous kernel version: yum remove `rpm -q kernel |
    grep -v 'uname -r'`

    Step 6 :
    Perform the upgrade without Satellite due to some issue with Redhat OS version lower than 6.7 and
    satellite 6.10 and up.

    -Configure Repo for Redhat 7.9 -local ISO-.

     First case : without optional packages


    -redhat-upgrade-tool --device /mnt --cleanup-post
    -Reboot

     Second case : with optional packages


    -redhat-upgrade-tool --device /mnt --addrepo
    optional=http://host/repo
    -Reboot

    Perform the upgrade using Satellite : will be shared once ready.

    Montion the time that the upgrade took.

    Step 7:
    -Reconfigure the network interfaces

    Step 8:
    -Install the grub2 :
    Procedure available on https://access.redhat.com/solutions/2643721

    Step 9:
    Global Checks:
    1. Check SELinux.
    2. Check SMTP configuration, limit.conf, sysctl.conf, rsyslog, sshd_config.
    3. Check data.
    4. Check users.
    5. Check packages.
    6. Check librairies.
    7. Check scripts.

    Step 10:
    Check Application and Database with owner

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