Roadmap to upgrade from RHEL 5.8 to 6.6

Linux and Unix-Like Red Hat
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Hello,

We are thinking about upgrading our RHEL platform from 5.8 to 6.6 but we've been advised we need to build new servers from scratch. For us this approach is not feasible as it requires new hardware and our servers are 1-year old.

I was wondering if somebody has done or planned for a similar upgrade and if they are willing to share their roadmap upgrade.

Thanks and good day

Fabio Gil

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You can build the new distribution on a new set of disks (or disk partitions) and still use the same hardware..

Or you can use new hardware (with same chipset, etc) to build new system then move over to original hardware.

You have a number of migration options.

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@Neo, thanks for the advise, I'll look into it.

Cheers