<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">So is it better to pin with the subscription manager, or in our case to pin the kernel version with yum (because you always have something to do when the kernel changes)?<div><br></div><div>What is the consensus?<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature">-- <div>Stephen Ulmer</div><div><br></div><div>Sent from a mobile device; please excuse auto-correct silliness.</div></div><div><br>On Jun 11, 2018, at 6:59 AM, Sobey, Richard A <<a href="mailto:r.sobey@imperial.ac.uk">r.sobey@imperial.ac.uk</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Thanks Simon. Do you mean you pinned the minor release to 7.X but yum upgraded you to 7.Y? This has just happened to me:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">[root@ ~]# subscription-manager release<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Release: 7.4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">[root@ ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.5 (Maipo)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Granted I didn’t issue a yum clean all after changing the release however I’ve never seen this happen before.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Anyway, I need to either downgrade back to 7.4 or upgrade GPFS, whichever will be the best supported. I need to learn to pay attention to what kernel version I’m being updated to in future!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Richard<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> <a href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org">gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org</a> <<a href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org">gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Simon Thompson (IT Research Support)<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 11 June 2018 11:50<br>
<b>To:</b> gpfsug main discussion list <<a href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org">gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [gpfsug-discuss] RHEL updated to 7.5 instead of 7.4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have on our DSS-G …<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Have you looked at:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://access.redhat.com/solutions/238533">https://access.redhat.com/solutions/238533</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Simon<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><<a href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org">gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org</a>> on behalf of "Sobey, Richard
A" <<a href="mailto:r.sobey@imperial.ac.uk">r.sobey@imperial.ac.uk</a>><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>"<a href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org">gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org">gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, 11 June 2018 at 11:46<br>
<b>To: </b>"<a href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org">gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org">gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[gpfsug-discuss] RHEL updated to 7.5 instead of 7.4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Has anyone ever used subscription-manager to set a release to 7.4 only for the system to upgrade to 7.5 anyway?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Also is 7.5 now supported with the 4.2.3.9 PTF or should I concentrate on downgrading back to 7.4?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Richard<o:p></o:p></p>
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