[sles-beta] [ANNOUNCE] Online Migration from SLES12 to SLES12-SP1 Beta

[Vincent Moutoussamy]

Good news everyone,

The tools for the Service Pack Online Migration between SLES 12 GA and SLES 12 SP1 Beta is now available for beta testing.

The online migration between service packs allows to migrate a system to a new service pack while the system is still running.
It is not necessary to download a new DVD and boot from that for an upgrade.

== Requirements ==

In order to do an online update, the following requirements must be met :
- SLES 12 as base system,
- SLES 12 subscribed to :
	- SCC :
Please use the registration key sent to you for the SLES 12 SP1 Beta Program.
For more information please check our last communication about these keys:  [ANNOUNCE] Beta test Subscription key for SLE 12 SP1 Beta.
For any issue about the subscription, please contact us at beta-programs at lists.suse.com.
	- SMT :
SMT needs to be the one from the update channel of SLES12 SP1 Beta3.

== Run an Online Migration == 

1) Add the repository with the beta migration tools :

 # zypper ar -f http://beta.suse.com/private/SLE12/SP1-BETA/SUSE:SLE-12:MigrationTest.repo

You should now see something like that : 
# zypper lr
 # | Alias                                                           | Name                                                                   | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh
 --+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------+-----------+--------
 1 | SUSE_Linux_Enterprise_Server_12_x86_64:SLES12-Debuginfo-Pool    | SLES12-Debuginfo-Pool                                                  | No      | ----      | No
 2 | SUSE_Linux_Enterprise_Server_12_x86_64:SLES12-Debuginfo-Updates | SLES12-Debuginfo-Updates                                               | No      | ----      | Yes
 3 | SUSE_Linux_Enterprise_Server_12_x86_64:SLES12-Pool              | SLES12-Pool                                                            | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | No
 4 | SUSE_Linux_Enterprise_Server_12_x86_64:SLES12-Updates           | SLES12-Updates                                                         | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes
 5 | SUSE_SLE-12_MigrationTest                                       | testing project for backporting online migration to SLE 12 GA (SLE_12) | Yes     | ( p) Yes  | Yes

2) Update everything from the new added repository

 # zypper dup --from SUSE_SLE-12_MigrationTest

3) Install the migration tools (only one of them is necessary, based on your preference)

 # zypper in yast2-migration zypper-migration-plugin

4) Perform the migration itself
In SLE11, the migration tool was known as wagon (or YaST wagon module), it’s now call simply “migration"

a) via YaST: run 'yast2 migration' and follow the work-flow

b) via zypper: run 'zypper migration' and follow the instructions you get via your terminal. To see all options, run 'zypper migration --help'

If the migration is aborted, the system needs to be (manually) re-registered with the old products via SUSEConnect; in future versions,
this will be handled automatically.


Thank you for your feedback,

Your SUSE Linux Enterprise Team

-- 
Vincent Moutoussamy
SUSE Beta Program and SDK Project Manager