Upgrade OES 2018 to OES 24.3 missing repos

Question

Did an update from OES 2018 to OES 24.3 (two servers) some weeks ago remote at a customer using zypper following the instructions 
 Seamed working so long, servers works as expected, no problems, coming up as OES 24.3. 
 Now I tried to update via yast from the command line, first yast complains OES 2018 is only extended support, but installs some updates. 
 I the tried the online migration in yast, but it return without doing anything. 
 the I looked at the repos, still OES2018 repos and OES23.x repos are there but no 24.3 repos . 
 How can I get rid of the old repos and get the new repos. I like to get that clear befor upgrade to OES 24.4 
 Thanks for any hint 
 
 Regards 
 Rainer

Gonzalo Morera · Accepted Answer

Only the 24.4 should be enabled. Not sure why the old ones are still showing as active. If you follow the 24.4 documentation, you can read which one needs to be active and the rest you can set them in disabled. 
 There're are still listed because their cache is still present and repos are manage by the subscriptions server. So, as long as they're on your subscription, you can delete from disk but with zypper refresh -s, they will appear again. If you run this command to get more info about a repo: 
 zypper lr alias name 
 ie 
 zypper lr nu_novell_com:OES23.4-Pool 
 zypper lr nu_novell_com:OES23.4-Pool Alias : nu_novell_com:OES23.4-Pool Name : OES23.4-Pool URI : nu.novell.com/.../sle-15-x86_64 Enabled : No GPG Check : ---- Priority : 99 (default priority) Autorefresh : On Keep Packages : Off Type : N/A GPG Key URI : Path Prefix : Parent Service : nu_novell_com Keywords : --- Repo Info Path : /etc/zypp/repos.d/nu_novell_com:OES23.4-Pool.repo MD Cache Path : /var/cache/zypp/raw/nu_novell_com:OES23.4-Pool 
 
 You see that Repo Info Path still have the cached the repo. 
 you can use zypper rr alias to delete the repo but you will get this message: 
 zypper rr nu_novell_com:OES23.4-Pool Removing repository 'OES23.4-Pool' ........................................................................................................[done] Repository 'OES23.4-Pool' has been removed. [volatile] Warning: Repo 'nu_novell_com:OES23.4-Pool' is managed by service 'nu_novell_com'. Volatile changes are reset by the next service refresh! 
 Now it is gone: 
 zypper lr nu_novell_com:OES23.4-Pool Repository 'nu_novell_com:OES23.4-Pool' not found by its alias, number, or URI. Use 'zypper repos' to get the list of defined repositories. 
 but a 
 zypper refresh -s 
 it will put it back because it is still on your subscription. but it is nothing bad that they're still listed as long as they're disabled. 
 Regarding the nss error, without a supportconfig, i can not help you but i'm sure OT support will do thru your case

Pawel Bajor · Answer

Hi, I am doing the upgrade right now from 24.3 to 24.4 following the link below you can see the instruction on how to do dist-upgrade so it goes to 24.4 repos 
 https://www.microfocus.com/documentation/open-enterprise-server/24.4/inst_oes_lx/b11mrzf5.html#b11msl68 
 Hope it helps you.

Gonzalo Morera · Answer

1. The out of support message is bogus. It will be fixed soon. It has no impact on upgrade. It can safety ignored. 
 2. Oes 24.1, 24.2 and 24.3 versions did not have their own repositories, all used the 23.4 . With upgrading to 24.4, you will get the 24.4 repositories. Type: 
 
 zypper lr 
 
 24.4 repositories should show active, 23.x disabled. If that is correct, you are fine.

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