Upgrading RHEL 8.4 to RHEL 8.10 on OVA- based virtual machines

Last Updated : Jun 05, 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 Avaya Aura® Device Services R10.2.1 is installed.

Before you begin

  1. Install Avaya Aura® Device Services R10.2.1.

    To view the current version of Avaya Aura® Device Services, run the following command: svc aads swversion.

  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 Avaya Aura® Device Services is running.

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

    • av-version

  4. Download Avaya Aura® Device Services RHEL 8.10 Operating System bundle on Avaya Aura® Device Services R10.2.1 virtual machine.

Procedure

  1. Login to Avaya Aura® Device Services CLI.
  2. To upgrade from RHEL 8.4 to RHEL 8.10, run the following command: av-upgrade-os <AADS RHEL OS Bundle>

    For example, run av-upgrade-os AV-AADS10.2-RHEL8.10-OSUpdate-001.tar.bz2

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

    • av-version