# No updates **URL:** \ **Category:** SLES Updates\ **Created:** [April 25, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/no-updates/25461 "2014-04-25T23:06:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/no-updates/25461/1 "2014-04-25T23:06:03Z")
I have an SMT box (sles11sp2) that my production boxes use for updates. All my servers are sles11sp2 (with or without oes11sp1). I have not seen any updates for sles11sp2 or oes11sp1 in the past few weeks. Is that just how it’s been (no updates) or is my SMT box missing something? I’m mirroring these: OES11-SP1-Pool sle-11-x86\_64 OES11-SP1-Updates sle-11-x86\_64 SLE11-SMT-Updates sle-11-x86\_64 SLES11-SP2-Core sle-11-x86\_64 SLES11-SP2-Updates sle-11-x86\_64 – Stevo ---
**Author:** ![smflood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/smflood/32/10576_2.png) [@smflood](https://forums.suse.com/u/smflood)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 1:00am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/no-updates/25461/2 "2014-04-26T01:00:02Z")
“Stevo” Wrote in message: [color=blue] > I have an SMT box (sles11sp2) that my production boxes use for updates. > All my servers are sles11sp2 (with or without oes11sp1). > > I have not seen any updates for sles11sp2 or oes11sp1 in the past few > weeks. > > Is that just how it’s been (no updates) or is my SMT box missing > something? > > I’m mirroring these: > > OES11-SP1-Pool sle-11-x86\_64 > OES11-SP1-Updates sle-11-x86\_64 > SLE11-SMT-Updates sle-11-x86\_64 > SLES11-SP2-Core sle-11-x86\_64 > SLES11-SP2-Updates sle-11-x86\_64[/color] Since there have been updates for both SLES11 SP2 and OES11 SP1 I would check that your registration codes are still valid and haven’t expired. Note also that SLES11 SP2 uses a couple of SLES11 SP1 repositories - see TID 7010225. HTH. ## [1] [https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7010225](https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7010225) Simon SUSE Knowledge Partner ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- [http://www.piaohong.tk/newsgroup](http://www.piaohong.tk/newsgroup) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/no-updates/25461/3 "2014-04-29T19:25:53Z")
Simon Flood sounds like they ‘said’: [color=blue] > Since there have been updates for both SLES11 SP2 and OES11 SP1 I > would check that your registration codes are still valid and > haven’t expired. > > Note also that SLES11 SP2 uses a couple of SLES11 SP1 repositories > > - see TID 7010225. > > HTH. > > [1] [https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7010225](https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7010225)[/color] So my response to Simon’s comment is… Weird thing is, my SMT server does not update from itself, it updates from Novell. I re-registered it with an activation code that is not expired, and there still are no updates for this box. It’s SLES11sp2 with no OES installed on it. Anything else to check? – Stevo ---
**Author:** ![smflood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/smflood/32/10576_2.png) [@smflood](https://forums.suse.com/u/smflood)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 2:09pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/no-updates/25461/4 "2014-04-30T14:09:56Z")
On 29/04/2014 17:25, Stevo wrote: [color=blue] > Weird thing is, my SMT server does not update from itself, it updates > from Novell. > > I re-registered it with an activation code that is not expired, and > there still are no updates for this box. > > It’s SLES11sp2 with no OES installed on it. > > Anything else to check?[/color] Checking a local SLES11 SP2 server and our updates server I now don’t think that there have been any updates for SLES11 SP2 since the beginning of February. This would seem to tie in with General Support for SLES11 SP2 ending on 31 January[1], more than 6 months after SLES11 SP3 was released on 01 July 2013[2]. Time to upgrade to SLES11 SP3! HTH. ## [1] [https://www.suse.com/lifecycle/](https://www.suse.com/lifecycle/) [2] [https://www.suse.com/support/policy.html](https://www.suse.com/support/policy.html) Simon SUSE Knowledge Partner * * * ## If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, please show your appreciation and click on the star below. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/no-updates/25461/5 "2014-04-30T16:50:25Z")
Simon Flood sounds like they ‘said’: [color=blue] > Time to upgrade to SLES11 SP3! > [/color] > So my response to Simon’s comment is… Ok, so is this a PITA? I’m guessing this can be done to an existing server? Can you point me to documentation on the steps needed? – Stevo ---
**Author:** ![smflood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/smflood/32/10576_2.png) [@smflood](https://forums.suse.com/u/smflood)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/no-updates/25461/6 "2014-04-30T18:40:59Z")
On 30/04/2014 14:50, Stevo wrote: [color=blue] > Ok, so is this a PITA? I’m guessing this can be done to an existing > server? Can you point me to documentation on the steps needed?[/color] There are several ways of upgrading SLES11 SP2 to SP3, offline using physical (or virtual) media or online via YaST (wagon) or zypper - see [https://www.suse.com/documentation/sles11/book\_sle\_deployment/data/sec\_update\_sle11sp2.html](https://www.suse.com/documentation/sles11/book_sle_deployment/data/sec_update_sle11sp2.html) Whilst I had issues with online upgrades during beta process those were resolved once SP3 was released. ## HTH. Simon SUSE Knowledge Partner * * * ## If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, please show your appreciation and click on the star below. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/no-updates/25461/7 "2014-04-30T19:29:42Z")
Simon Flood sounds like they ‘said’: [color=blue] > There are several ways of upgrading SLES11 SP2 to SP3, offline using > physical (or virtual) media or online via YaST (wagon) or zypper - > see > [https://www.suse.com/documentation/sles11/book\_sle\_deployment/data/sec](https://www.suse.com/documentation/sles11/book_sle_deployment/data/sec) > \_update\_sle11sp2.html > > Whilst I had issues with online upgrades during beta process those > were resolved once SP3 was released. > > HTH.[/color] So my response to Simon’s comment is… Thanks for the info Simon. – Stevo ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 6:00pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/no-updates/25461/8 "2014-05-01T18:00:28Z")
Simon Flood sounds like they ‘said’: [color=blue] > There are several ways of upgrading SLES11 SP2 to SP3, offline using > physical (or virtual) media or online via YaST (wagon) or zypper - > see > [https://www.suse.com/documentation/sles11/book\_sle\_deployment/data/sec](https://www.suse.com/documentation/sles11/book_sle_deployment/data/sec) > \_update\_sle11sp2.html > > Whilst I had issues with online upgrades during beta process those > were resolved once SP3 was released. > > HTH.[/color] So my response to Simon’s comment is… So is a person required to go to OES11sp2 as part of this update, or afterwards even? Or can that be done later at your convenience? – Stevo ---
**Author:** ![smflood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/smflood/32/10576_2.png) [@smflood](https://forums.suse.com/u/smflood)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/no-updates/25461/9 "2014-05-01T18:49:14Z")
On 01/05/2014 16:00, Stevo wrote: [color=blue] > So is a person required to go to OES11sp2 as part of this update, or > afterwards even? > > Or can that be done later at your convenience?[/color] If you’re wanting to upgrade an OES11 SP1 (on SLES11 SP2) to OES11 SP2 (SLES11 SP3) then you need to upgrade both SLES11 SP2 and OES11 SP1 to SLES11 SP3 and OES11 SP2 at the same time. Otherwise you’ll end up uninstalling the OES components thus breaking OES. See [https://www.novell.com/documentation/oes11/inst\_oes\_lx/data/b11mrzf5.html](https://www.novell.com/documentation/oes11/inst_oes_lx/data/b11mrzf5.html) ## HTH, Simon Simon SUSE Knowledge Partner * * * ## If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, please show your appreciation and click on the star below. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/no-updates/25461/10 "2014-05-01T18:57:16Z")
Simon Flood sounds like they ‘said’: [color=blue] > There are several ways of upgrading SLES11 SP2 to SP3, offline using > physical (or virtual) media or online via YaST (wagon) or zypper - > see > [https://www.suse.com/documentation/sles11/book\_sle\_deployment/data/sec](https://www.suse.com/documentation/sles11/book_sle_deployment/data/sec) > \_update\_sle11sp2.html > > Whilst I had issues with online upgrades during beta process those > were resolved once SP3 was released. > > HTH.[/color] So my response to Simon’s comment is… Ok, so I tried a couple test servers, results follow: 1. via yast wagon, all seems fine, still no updates available and this server is sles11sp3 now. 2. via booting from media (just for sles update), oes is broken on this server, doesn’t even show Open Enterprise Server in yast anymore…sigh – Stevo ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/no-updates/25461/11 "2014-05-01T18:58:00Z")
Simon Flood sounds like they ‘said’: [color=blue] > If you’re wanting to upgrade an OES11 SP1 (on SLES11 SP2) to OES11 > SP2 (SLES11 SP3) then you need to upgrade both SLES11 SP2 and OES11 > SP1 to SLES11 SP3 and OES11 SP2 at the same time. Otherwise you’ll > end up uninstalling the OES components thus breaking OES. See > [https://www.novell.com/documentation/oes11/inst\_oes\_lx/data/b11mrzf5.h](https://www.novell.com/documentation/oes11/inst_oes_lx/data/b11mrzf5.h) > tml > > HTH, > Simon[/color] So my response to Simon’s comment is… D’oh! Found this out the hard way on one of my test boxes. Now, to get it back on there. – Stevo