Questions tagged [upgrade]

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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Ubuntu Server upgrade over SSH hang

I was upgrading an Ubuntu server (using the do-release-upgrade) command over SSH (I know it's a bad idea, but it was the only choice; I don't have physical access to the server). It seemed to go fine and was going thru the 'setting up package name'…
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Whats the best way to update Ubuntu 9.04?

I have a Ubuntu 9.04 server which has no packase support anymore. If I want to update my package lists, I get th following errors: Err http://de.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 141.30.13.10 80] W:…
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install libssl-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.1 (upgrade from 18.04.1) reports unmet dependecies with 1.1.1g-1+ubuntu18.04.1+deb.sury.org+1

I have upgraded from Ubuntu 18.04.1 to Ubuntu 20.04.1 (forced release upgrade), then while installing php.7-4 it was necessary to also install libssl-dev, that gave the following unmet dependencies: sudo apt install libssl-dev The following packages…
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How to upgrade to MySQL 8.0?

I have a Drupal site 8.6.10 on an Ubuntu server 18.04 with MySQL 5.7.25 I want to update MySQL to version 8.0 Here are the steps I followed : 1) I backed up my database. 2) I uninstalled MySQL from my server with the commands : $ sudo systemctl stop…
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Upgrading Zimbra and your OS at the same time

I've recently had some problems regarding upgrading Zimbra while also upgrading my OS at the same time. To be more specific: I wanted to upgrade Zimbra Open Source Edition from 8.0.5 to 8.6 and at the same time upgrade Ubuntu Server from 12.04 to…
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What are the implications of running an older version of xenserver tools on VMs?

As part of my day-job I manage a couple of xenserver pools. I've been working through the old ones, bringing them up to xenserver 6.5 from a range of older versions 5.5, 6.0, 6.1, and 6.2 Many of the VMs now have an older version of xenserver…
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MediaWiki not displaying style -- "Internal error"

I just upgraded a MediaWiki installation from version 1.25.x to 1.26.1, but now the styling information is not displaying. Hence, the page displays all text-like without the links column at the left. When I view the source of the page and click on…
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error "illegal software format" in upgrade fw .ros file of Cisco Sg200-26 small business smart switch

I own 2 cisco switches small business switches. they are both SG200-26 26-port gigabit smart switches. One has fw ver. 1.0.0.19 , while the other has version 1.1.1.8. I am now trying to upgrade their firmware to the latest version 1.4.0.88, found…
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Continuous Integration testing of RPM upgrades

We release software on RPM-based linux. We receive many packages from different teams, some outside of our business unit, that must upgrade correctly (in the future we want to check dependencies are correct). Recently we were bitten by a bug in…
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In-place upgrade of Windows Server 2008 (not R2) to 2012

Is there an upgrade path from Windows Server 2008 Standard SP2 (not R2) to any 2012 edition? I'm open to workarounds, but I'm trying to upgrade out of 2008 without having to reinstall and reconfigure existing software and files.
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How to recreate /etc/cron.daily/apt?

On my Debian 6.0.8 system the /etc/cron.daily/apt file is missing. Therefore, unattended upgrades do not work. How can I recreate/fix /etc/cron.daily/apt?
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Upgrade issue from Debian Server Squeeze 6 to Wheezy 7 - still on kernel 2.6

I upgraded from Debian Squeeze 6 to Wheezy 7 but it seems i am using the old kernel. # uname -r 2.6.32-042stab072.10 But i have the newer kernel installed # dpkg --get-selections | grep linux-image linux-image-2.6-amd64 …
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Ubuntu unattended-upgrades stops apache

This morning i was alerted to the fact that both apache instances serving my app were not responding to requests from my load balancer. I attempted apachectl restart and it said apache was not running. So, i started apache on both instances and got…
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In-place upgrade from Windows Server 2012 Foundation to Windows Server 2012 Standard

I was attempting to upgrade from Windows server 2012 Foundation to Windows 2012 Standard without having to wipe and reinstall. Is there an in-place upgrade path for these editions, and if there is, is there any documentation on it? The only one I…
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Windows Server 2008 R2 Upgrade via Remote Desktop

Is it possible to do an in-place upgrade of Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2012 using only Remote Desktop? My plan is to extract WS 2012 installation iso file to C:\WS2012 and run the setup. After restart Remote Desktop connection will be…
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