Oracle Linux in-place upgrade from 6u3 to 6u5
# check installed OEL6.3 Red Hat compatible kernel
[root@oel6u3
~]# uname -a
Linux oel6u3 2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Jun 21
15:00:18 EDT 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[root@oel6u3
~]# cat /etc/Red Hat-release
Red Hat
Enterprise Linux Server release 6.3 (Santiago)
# updated public yum repo to enable public_ol6_latest for OEL6.5
[root@oel6u5 ~]# cat /etc/yum.repos.d/public-yum-ol6.repo
[public_ol6_latest]
name=Oracle
Linux $releasever Latest ($basearch)
baseurl=http://public-yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL6/latest/$basearch/
gpgkey=http://public-yum.oracle.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle-ol6
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
# execute yum update
[root@oel6u5
~]# yum clean all
[root@oel6u5 ~]# yum check-update
[root@oel6u5 ~]# yum update -y
# reboot OS after executed yum update to get the OEL6.5 Red Hat compatible kernel
[root@oel6u5
~]# reboot
# upgraded to OEL6.5 Red Hat compatible kernel
[root@oel6u5
~]# uname -a
Linux oel6u5 2.6.32-431.23.3.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jul 29
09:20:28 PDT 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[root@oel6u5
~]# cat /etc/Red Hat-release
Red Hat
Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5 (Santiago)
