[gpfsug-discuss] RHEL updated to 7.5 instead of 7.4

[Stephen Ulmer]

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)?

What is the consensus?

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Stephen Ulmer

Sent from a mobile device; please excuse auto-correct silliness.

> On Jun 11, 2018, at 6:59 AM, Sobey, Richard A <r.sobey at imperial.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> 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:
>  
> [root@ ~]# subscription-manager release
> Release: 7.4
> [root@ ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
> Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.5 (Maipo)
>  
> Granted I didn’t issue a yum clean all after changing the release however I’ve never seen this happen before.
>  
> 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!
>  
> Cheers
> Richard
>  
> From: gpfsug-discuss-bounces at spectrumscale.org <gpfsug-discuss-bounces at spectrumscale.org> On Behalf Of Simon Thompson (IT Research Support)
> Sent: 11 June 2018 11:50
> To: gpfsug main discussion list <gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org>
> Subject: Re: [gpfsug-discuss] RHEL updated to 7.5 instead of 7.4
>  
> We have on our DSS-G …
>  
> Have you looked at:
> https://access.redhat.com/solutions/238533
>  
> ?
>  
> Simon
>  
> From: <gpfsug-discuss-bounces at spectrumscale.org> on behalf of "Sobey, Richard A" <r.sobey at imperial.ac.uk>
> Reply-To: "gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org" <gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org>
> Date: Monday, 11 June 2018 at 11:46
> To: "gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org" <gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org>
> Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] RHEL updated to 7.5 instead of 7.4
>  
> Has anyone ever used subscription-manager to set a release to 7.4 only for the system to upgrade to 7.5 anyway?
>  
> Also is 7.5 now supported with the 4.2.3.9 PTF or should I concentrate on downgrading back to 7.4?
>  
> Richard
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