[sles-beta] SLES 12 SP1 BETA2 - Update from path ..

[Joe Doupnik]

     Upgrading from SLES11SP3, my part of the story.
     As Thorsten said: insert DVD, select Upgrade, pray.
      I followed that advice. SLES11SP3 was the starting point, with 
loads of Apache apps installed and whatnot, a faithful test machine. I 
inserted the SLES12SP1 beta 2 iso (doing this in ESXi). This time I 
elected to register and receive updates during installation, something 
which I normally avoid. "Some time later" the process finished with no 
complaints.
     Testing. GUI works (if one can call Gnome working). Apache 
rebelled. The reason is it changed from v2.2 to 2.4 and Apache folks 
changed regular "Order allow,deny" to less useful terminology, just 
because they could I presume.   Similar Apache annoyances pop up as we 
smooth things. I added module access_compat, but there remains many 
other version specific changes to Apache config files, thus prepare for 
a bit of rewriting.
     My iptables material works. The network functions (copper, static 
addressing).
     The mouse no longer works in the GUI, and it does not appear in 
text mode YaST.
     So, while SUSE normally does a terrific job with in-place upgrades 
this combination (beta 2) is a little over-stretched. Apache changes are 
in addition to this, naturally.
     Thanks,
     Joe D.

On 26/08/2015 11:14, Simon Flood wrote:
> On 26/08/2015 08:38, Thorsten Kukuk wrote:
>
>> Insert your DVD, boot, select upgrade.
>
> Is it supported to go from SLES11 SP3 to SLES12 SP1? If it's like 
> previous releases I expect the supported route is to first upgrade to 
> SLES11 SP4.
>
> Are there some beta docs that we can have access to?
>
> Thanks,
> Simon