Re: large update - best practice

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> Am 27.01.2017 um 17:27 schrieb m.roth@xxxxxxxxx:
> 
> Johnny Hughes wrote:
>> On 01/27/2017 09:19 AM, Jon LaBadie wrote:
>>> With a large update to be made, eg. the 900 package
>>> one I questioned yesterday, are there any suggestions
>>> to avoid possible complications?
>>> 
>>> Two examples, I'd like to know of others too:
>>> 
>>> I'm not running the most recently installed kernel,
>>> I assume I should reboot to that.
>>> 
>>> I normally have a graphical environment running.
>>> Would it be better to: a) shutdown X and update
>>> from a straight CLI environment b) logout from
>>> the GUI and update from a vt CLI c) update from
>>> a GUI login as root or d) doesn't matter, do as
>>> normal -- from an ssh login, "sudo yum update"?
>> 
>> It is certainly better to upgrade with less things running as a general
>> practice.
>> 
>> One should never update from a Remote X type connection via VNC or NX,
>> etc.
>> 
>> The absolute safest way to upgrade would be to do so via the console and
>> a keyboard on the actual machine if there is some issue with sshd, etc.
>> 
>> But generally, this upgrade should be OK via ssh, etc.
>> 
> On our about 200 workstations and servers, we just ssh in and run the yum
> update. Workstations... we co-ordinate with the user, and yes, it's better
> if they log off. Still, ssh in has always been fine (unless you have to
> worry about the video, such as NVidia or AMD proprietary video drivers).
> 


In such scenario (xxx packages to update) I normally split the update command into

# yum clean all
# yum update glibc* rpm* yum* 
# yum update
# reboot

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