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Upgrading is the process of changing a system to a different, higher/newer version. It is similar to patching or updating (and for some software, may even be as simple as applying patches or updates, but is generally more involved and more comprehensive than the process for installing patches or updates.

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Windows Server 2008 R2 Upgrade

Does anyone know how to upgrade or has upgraded a PowerEdge R510 Server from Windows Server 2008 R2 to at least Windows Server 2012 OS? I need to get this server's OS upgraded.
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Debian 11 security updates: deb or security, which to choose?

I'm in the process of upgrading my first system to Debian 11 / Bullseye following Debian's 41-point-plan. The sources.list entry for security updates has changed and according to the documentation it should point to the server deb.debian.org. On…
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debmirror not sync dist-upgrader-all correctly

We have mirrored the Ubuntu bionic from archive.ubuntu.com with debmirror tool in Centos 7 and we can upgrade servers with this local mirror without any issues,but when we were trying to do-release upgrade server we got error like below files are…
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Services whithin jails no longer accessible after upgrade to version 13.0

After upgrading a virtual FreeBSD 12.2 system to 13.0-p3, traffic to services within jails (through Apache 2.4 reverse proxy) was blocked. This is a Hyper-V virtual server and the second one that shows the same problem (the other one being a…
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Upgrading from Ubuntu 19.04 (EOL) to Ubuntu 20.04

I tried upgrading but getting this issue. I have updated source.list file as well to old-releases.ubuntu.com.Following is the issue: Checking for a new Ubuntu release Your Ubuntu release is not supported anymore. For upgrade information, please…
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Considerations for Server OS Upgrade (Win2012R2 to 2019) hosting SQL Server?

I am not a DBA so I am not well versed on the intricacies, considerations, potential issues with in-place upgrading just the OS of an existing SQL Server. A client has several stand-alone SQL Server 2012 servers on Windows Server 2012 R2. Their…
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Upgrading Slackware 12.2 to 13.0, any gotchas?

I'm gradually upgrading a Slackware 12.0 to a 13.0. Using slapt-get I've done it gradually, just in case. So I've done 12.0 -> 12.1, 12.1 -> 12.2. I've sorted out that I need to manually upgrade pkgtools and fresh install xz just to get it to…
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ubuntu upgrade went wrong: SSH connection closes after login - no access to terminal

After an upgrade from Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04 on my VPS done through SSH, SSH broke. do-release-upgrade always ended up with some package error, so I left it as it was. Client was left open, after ~12 hours later when I closed the connection, and…
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I couldn't upgrade apache2 from 2.4.41 to 2.4.5 on Ubuntu vps

I'm trying to use websockets on my website running on an apache2 (version 2.4.41) but since mod_proxy_wstunnel module is only available on 2.4.5 I guess I need an upgrade. I tried this sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/apache2 sudo apt update sudo…
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Upgrading GNU screen in-place without restarting

I am looking into upgrading GNU screen following CVE-2021-26937. My question is simple: can I upgrade GNU screen without restarting my current screen, e.g., by a kind of in-place upgrade mechanism where the new version of screen would take over the…
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Dell PowerEdge bios update failure. Error finding file: update.xml

So I downlaoded the latest BIOS for a Dell PowerEdge server. Attempting to update using the EXE fails. The error from the GUI states to restart the server. Restarted but still failed. I found the log file and see that it states: << PACKAGE LOG >>Y…
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How to enable EPEL repository on RHEL so I can upgrade Apache

I want to upgrade Apache to 2.4.46 or later on RHEL 7. One step in the instructions I'm following is to Enable the EPEL repository, like so... cd /etc/yum.repos.d && wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/os/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml`rpm -q --qf…
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Upgrading Windows Server 2008 Standard (32-bit) to Windows Server 2016 Standard (64-bit)

I’m trying to upgrade my windows server 2008 standard 32-bit version to windows server 2016 standard 64-bit version. The server is currently running as a secondary domain controller as the primary has failed. I was hoping I could do an in place…
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TFS 2018 Upgrade Process

I'm currently using TFS 2018 (16.122.27102.1) and I'd like to Upgrade to 2018 3.2. Is it possible to do an in-place upgrade or do I need to uninstall my existing instance - reboot - then perform the 2018 3.2 install? There's a lot of instructions…
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Ubuntu 18.04 upgrade does not find latest kernel

I have an 18.04 host,A, currently running the 4.15.0-124-generic kernel. The latest is 4.15.0-126-generic. host A had holds on linux-generic, linux-headers-generic, linux-image-generic so the kernel wouldn't change and mess up the nvidia drivers…
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