For information about updating SAP HANA/ operating system versions to a later version, see the Linux Operating System with SAP HANA Reference Guide.
See the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Upgrade Guide to consolidate the available upgrade path, as shown in the following figure from the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server website:
Figure 1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server upgrade path
Media download
You can get an evaluation copy of an ISO image from the SUSE website.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 for SAP applications
To perform an upgrade from SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 for scale-up physical solutions, using the DVD update process:
- . Boot from the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 for SAP Applications DVD and select Upgrade in the boot menu.
- . If you get an error message such as nothing provides libeventlog.so, select solution 1 to uninstall syslog-ng.
During the upgrade, rsyslog replaces syslog-ng.
- In the Installation Settings window, select Packages and then click Search.
- Remove the SUSE_SLES_SAP-release and elilo packages.
Note: Do not touch SUSE_SLES-SAP-release-DVD.
- Install the package grub2-x86_64_efi.
- In the Installation Settings window, select Booting and clear Enable Secure Boot Support.
- To determine if you must apply any changes to the operating system settings, see SAP Note 2205917 - SAP HANA DB: Recommended OS settings for SLES 12 / SLES for SAP Applications 12.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 for SAP Applications
To upgrade from SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 to SP2, using the DVD update method, follow these steps in addition to those steps provided in the official documentation, for scale-up physical solutions:
- . Boot from the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 for SAP Applications DVD and select Upgrade from the boot menu.
- On the Installation Settings overview page, select Booting and clear Enable Secure Boot Support.
- To determine if you must apply any changes to the operating system settings, see SAP Note 2205917 - SAP HANA DB: Recommended OS settings for SLES 12 / SLES for SAP Applications 12.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 for SAP Applications
For the DVD update method, refer to the SUSE upgrade documentation. There are no special considerations.
For the DVD update method, refer to the SUSE upgrade documentation. There are no special considerations.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3/SP4 to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 for SAP Applications
For the DVD update method, see the SUSE upgrade documentation. Also, follow these additional steps for scale-up physical solutions:
- . Boot from the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 for SAP Applications Installations DVD SLE-15-Installer-DVD-x86_64-GM-DVD1.iso file and select Upgrade from the boot menu. During the upgrade process, you need the second media SLE-15-Packages-x86_64-GM-DVD1.iso file.
During the deployment process, select the following modules:
- Basesystem-Module 15-0
- Desktop-Applications-Module 15-0
- Legacy-Module 15-0
- SLE-15-SAP 15-0
- SLEHA15 15-0
- Server-Applications-Module 15-0
- To determine if you must apply any changes to the operating system settings, see SAP Note 2205917: SAP HANA DB: Recommended OS settings for SLES 12 / SLES for SAP Applications 12.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 for SAP Applications
For the DVD update method, refer to the SUSE upgrade documentation. There are no special considerations.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 for SAP Applications
For the DVD update method, refer to the SUSE upgrade documentation.
Remove nobarrier mount option for xfs filesystems in /etc/fstab
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 for SAP Applications
For the DVD update method, refer to the SUSE upgrade documentation. There are no special considerations.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 for SAP Applications
For the DVD update method, refer to the SUSE upgrade documentation. There are no special considerations.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 for SAP Applications
For the DVD update method, refer to the SUSE upgrade documentation. There are no special considerations.