5.1 Supported Upgrade Paths

Table 5-1 outlines the supported paths for upgrading to OES 2018 SP3.

Table 5-1 Supported OES 2018 SP3 Upgrade Paths

Source

Patch Version

Destination

Upgrade Methods Supported

OES 2018 SP2 (64-bit)

Latest Patch

OES 2018 SP3 (64-bit)

OES 2018 SP1 (64-bit)

Latest Patch

OES 2018 SP3 (64-bit)

OES 2018 (64-bit)

Latest Patch

OES 2018 SP3 (64-bit)

AutoYaST

Physical media

OES 2015 SP1 (64-bit)

Latest Patch

OES 2018 SP3 (64-bit)

AutoYaST

Physical media

IMPORTANT:Source servers must have all patches applied from the appropriate SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) and OES patch update repositories prior to an upgrade.

Other OES releases can be upgraded by installing the interim OES version. For example, to upgrade from OES 2 SP3 to OES 2018 SP1, upgrade to OES 11 SP3 or OES 2015 SP1 first and then upgrade from OES 11 SP3 or OES 2015 SP1 to OES 2018 SP2.