Preparing for Software-Only RPM updates

Last Updated : Dec 15, 2021 |

About this task

Use this procedure as a pre-requisite for updating non-critical RPMs.

Procedure

  1. On the home page of the System Manager web console, click Elements > Session Manager > Dashboard.
  2. On the Session Manager Dashboard page, click the required Session Manager instance.
  3. Click Service State > Deny New Service.
  4. On the Confirmation page, click Confirm.
  5. On the Session Manager Dashboard page, wait until the Active Call Count is zero and refresh the screen to update the count.
  6. Take a snapshot of the virtual machine before making any changes.
  7. Log in to the Session Manager command line interface as a root user.
  8. Run the following command to stop Session Manager: 
    stop -ac
  9. Configure yum to point to the Red Hat 8 repository containing updates. For more information, see Red Hat documentation.