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6.2. Upgrading a Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor with local media

It is possible to upgrade to new versions of the Hypervisor using local media. Before commencing the upgrade process it is necessary to prepare the local media with the latest version of the Hypervisor.
Once prepared the local media is used to boot the Hypervisor with the upgrade parameter as described in Procedure 6.1, “”.
  1. Insert the installation media, and start the system.
  2. Start the system. When the automatic boot prompt appears, press Enter.
    Automatic boot in 30 seconds...
  3. Select the Install or Upgrade option, and press Tab to enter edit mode.
  4. The kernel parameters in use are displayed. Append the upgrade parameter to the list.
    vmlinuz0 initrd=initrd0.img root=live:CDLABEL=rhev-hypervisor rootfstype=auto ro liveimg nomodeset check rootflags=ro crashkernel=512M-2G:64M,2G-:128M elevator=deadline processor.max_cstate=1 install rhgb rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM upgrade
  5. Result:
    The Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor is upgraded.