Upgrading RHEL 8.4 to RHEL 8.10 on OVA-based Virtual Machines

Last Updated : Jun 10, 2026 |

About this task

You can upgrade RHEL 8.4 to RHEL 8.10 using the following av-upgrade-os command. The av-upgrade-os command is available when AE Services R10.2.1 is installed.

Before you begin

  1. Install AE Services R10.2.1.

    To view the current version of AE Services, run the following command: update_show.

  2. Verify that av-upgrade-os command is available.

    To verify if the av-upgrade-os command is available, run the following command: which av-upgrade-os

  3. Verify the current version of RHEL on which AE Services is running.

    To view the current RHELversion, run any of the following commands:
    • cat /etc/redhat-release

    • av-version

  4. Download AE Services RHEL 8.10 Operating System bundle on AE Services R10.2.1 virtual machine.

Procedure

  1. Login to AE Services CLI.
  2. To upgrade from RHEL 8.4 to RHEL 8.10, run the following command: av-upgrade-os <AES RHEL OS Bundle>

    For example, run av-upgrade-os AV-AES10.2-RHEL8.10-OSUpdate-001.tar.bz2

  3. After successful upgrade to RHEL 8.10, reboot the AE Services virtual machine.
  4. Login to AE Services CLI.
  5. To verify that RHEL 8.10 is upgraded successfully, run any of the followig commands:
    • cat /etc/redhat-release

    • av-version