Hi,
I have a machine with Opensuse 13.2 that needs to be upgraded. Is it supported to upgrade directly to Leap 42.2 or 42.3 ? Or do I need to go to 42.1 first ?
You should upgrade to 42.1 first, then install 42.1 updates before you upgrade again to 42.2.
The SDB System Upgrade describes upgrading 13.2 to later openSUSE
https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:System_upgrade
TSU
I upgraded two 13.2 systems to 42.2 without a problem.
And it is tested, yes, also 13.2->42.3 I think.
Although in the end it also depends on your particular system (what packages you installed, what things you changed manually, …) whether you may experience problems, but that’s probably true with every upgrade.
and from 13.1 to 42.3?
I have two 13.1 systems I have to upgrade.
They are both servers, one of them with a 4 disk soft raid 10 the other with 2 disk soft array raid1 + LVM.
I would like the upgrade to take the shortes time possible, but above all I want to avoid problems in upgrading.
I’m using standar repos and packman on both of them.
I am thinking on offline upgrade because of “This upgrade method is safer and more versatile. Unless you have a good reason to do otherwise, use the offline upgrade method.” suggestion in SDB:System_upgrade
But I don’t know if it will be better a 13.1->13.2->42.1->42.2->42.3 upgrade, or a 13.1->42.3 or maybe a 13.1->13.2->42.3
In SDB:Offline_upgrade it is said
Official Support: As far as I know, you can upgrade between two versions that are or were currently supported, like from 13.1 to 42.1. But this assertion needs an official statement I can not make.
It is possible that a jump across 3 or 4 versions can work, but there is no assurance. If you want to try, make a full backup, get a comfortable chair, and go ahead
Can you make any suggestions?
regards
The following thread may be interesting to you: upgrade from Opensuse 13.1 to LEAP 42.3 best practices? - Install/Boot/Login - openSUSE Forums (I’ve been asking similiar questions there.)
TBH, I would just “risk” it. (42.x is a “backstep” from 13.2 in some regards anyway)
I think it should be fine, although no guarantees of course.
In the worst case, you could always do a fresh install afterwards, reusing your home partition.
Just wanted to add that I just upgraded one of my servers straight from 13.2 to 42.3 and it went without a hitch. The person that wrote the instructions were right on target.
Greetings,
I am not a very experienced Linux user, but I need to upgrade a system from 13.2 to Leap 15.0.
I understand I must upgrade through all versions as follows.
13.2 -> 42.1
42.1 -> 42.2
42.2 -> 42.3
42.3 -> 15.0
I have obtained all the various installation iso files and have burnt the necessary DVDs.
When I run the first upgrade to 42.1 I find that it requires the 42.1 repositories. These are expected to be at http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/42.1/oss/ .
However, these repositories are no longer present. The installation script gives me the option of specifying a different location.
Where can I find these repositories?
Thanks
Lennie
My advice, and probably the fastest and safest path: perform a clean Leap 15.0 install.
The fact that the installer cannot find the 42.1 repos, and will not find the 42.2 repos, is that these versions are out of maintenance as well.
[QUOTE=Knurpht;2888665]My advice, and probably the fastest and safest path: perform a clean Leap 15.0 install.
The fact that the installer cannot find the 42.1 repos, and will not find the 42.2 repos, is that these versions are out of maintenance as well./QU
I just used the instructions linked below two days ago and did an online upgrade straight from 13.2 to 42.3, it went perfectly. This was done on a headless server I would not concern myself with the other versions, then after that do the jump to 15.0. There are never any guarantees but it is an indicater that you will not have any huge problems. Follow the instructions line for line on moving /var/cache but you can almost just cut and paste the commands and make it work. Remember to backup critical data…just in case.
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