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How to Upgrade OL7.5 to OL7.9 After OL6 to OL7 Migration on BDA 5.2.0 (Doc ID 2851285.1)

Last updated on APRIL 17, 2023

Applies to:

Big Data Appliance Integrated Software - Version 5.2.0 to 5.2.0 [Release 5.0]
Linux x86-64

Symptoms

NOTE: In the examples that follow, user details, cluster names, hostnames, directory paths, filenames, etc. represent a fictitious sample (and are used to provide an illustrative example only). Any similarity to actual persons, or entities, living or dead, is purely coincidental and not intended in any manner.

After Oracle Linux 6 (OL6) to Oracle Linux 7 (OL7) migration on BDA 5.2, using the documentation "10.8.3 Oracle Linux 6 to Oracle Linux 7 Migration Steps", the Oracle Linux 7 rpms are at OL7.5.  This is not the same as on a new or upgraded BDA v5.2.0 cluster where the Oracle Linux version is OL7.9. If desired, the OL7.5 rpms can be updated to the same versions present on a new or upgraded BDA v5.2.0 cluster i.e. OL7.9 using the procedure below

After OL6 to OL7 migration on BDA 5.2 imageinfo reports output showing the Oracle Linux version is 7.5: 

Once imageinfo correctly reports the JDK_VERSION as first presented above, continue with the rest of the steps in the MOS note to upgrade OL7.5 to OL7.9 on BDA 5.2.

Cause

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