# Offline Updates **URL:** \ **Category:** SLES Updates\ **Created:** [August 21, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/offline-updates/24313 "2013-08-21T18:57:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![geralds34](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4af34b/32.png) [@geralds34](https://forums.suse.com/u/geralds34)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/offline-updates/24313/1 "2013-08-21T18:57:43Z")
Is there a published procedure to update/patch a SLES 11 SP2 server, that does not have an internet connection? ---
**Author:** ![Jens-U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d78d45/32.png) [@Jens-U](https://forums.suse.com/u/Jens-U)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 7:03pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/offline-updates/24313/2 "2013-08-21T19:03:59Z")
Hi geralds34, > [@geralds34;15427](#): > > Is there a published procedure to update/patch a SLES 11 SP2 server, that does not have an internet connection? yes - see [http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7010200](http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7010200) - “Update via using a SLE 11 SP2 installation media” (which is almost at the end of the page) Regards, Jens ---
**Author:** ![Jens-U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d78d45/32.png) [@Jens-U](https://forums.suse.com/u/Jens-U)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 7:05pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/offline-updates/24313/3 "2013-08-21T19:05:20Z")
sorry, wrong article, same procedure. [http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7012368](http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7012368) Regards, Jens ---
**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:** [August 22, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/offline-updates/24313/4 "2013-08-22T17:00:50Z")
On 21/08/2013 17:04, geralds34 wrote: [color=blue] > Is there a published procedure to update/patch a SLES 11 SP2 server, > that does not have an internet connection?[/color] Am I right in thinking that by “update/patch” you want to update your server with all the patches for that OS version but not upgrade it to SLES11 SP3 (as I think Jens has assumed)? If so, unless you have a local SMT server (that itself is connected to the Internet) you would need to download all the applicable patch files from [download.novell.com/patch/finder/#familyId=7261&productId=3642](http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/#familyId=7261&productId=3642) , copy them all to your server, and then install them. ## HTH. Simon SUSE Knowledge Partner * * * ## Do you work with SUSE technologies at a university, college or school? If so, your campus could benefit from joining the Technology Transfer Partner (TTP) program. See [novell.com/ttp](http://novell.com/ttp) for more details. ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 5:50pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/offline-updates/24313/5 "2013-08-22T17:50:21Z")
> [@](#): > > On Thu 22 Aug 2013 02:00:50 PM CDT, Simon Flood wrote: > > On 21/08/2013 17:04, geralds34 wrote: > [color=blue] > > > Is there a published procedure to update/patch a SLES 11 SP2 server, > > that does not have an internet connection?[/color] > > Am I right in thinking that by “update/patch” you want to update your > server with all the patches for that OS version but not upgrade it to > SLES11 SP3 (as I think Jens has assumed)? > > If so, unless you have a local SMT server (that itself is connected to > the Internet) you would need to download all the applicable patch files > from [download.novell.com/patch/finder/#familyId=7261&productId=3642](http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/#familyId=7261&productId=3642) , > copy them all to your server, and then install them. > > HTH. Hi Further to Simon’s comment you can use YaST → create add on product to produce an iso image that can be put onto a USB key to carry around to the machine, copy the iso image and use YaST → Add on products to create the local repository from the iso image to update from. The add on product creator is nice to use, plus it has version control so you can update/add patches/rpms over time. – Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 12.3 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.7.10-1.16-desktop up 14:20, 3 users, load average: 0.03, 0.17, 0.21 CPU AMD E2-1800@1.70GHz | GPU Radeon HD 7340 ---
**Author:** ![geralds34](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4af34b/32.png) [@geralds34](https://forums.suse.com/u/geralds34)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 7:03pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/offline-updates/24313/6 "2013-08-22T19:03:06Z")
[QUOTE=smflood;15443]On 21/08/2013 17:04, geralds34 wrote: [color=blue] > Is there a published procedure to update/patch a SLES 11 SP2 server, > that does not have an internet connection?[/color] Am I right in thinking that by “update/patch” you want to update your server with all the patches for that OS version but not upgrade it to SLES11 SP3 (as I think Jens has assumed)? If so, unless you have a local SMT server (that itself is connected to the Internet) you would need to download all the applicable patch files from [download.novell.com/patch/finder/#familyId=7261&productId=3642](http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/#familyId=7261&productId=3642) , copy them all to your server, and then install them. ## HTH. Simon SUSE Knowledge Partner * * * Do you work with SUSE technologies at a university, college or school? If so, your campus could benefit from joining the Technology Transfer Partner (TTP) program. See [novell.com/ttp](http://novell.com/ttp) for more details. ------------------------------------------------------------------------[/QUOTE] Both. I’d like to update from SP2 to SP3, and going forward I would like to keep the server as current as reasonable. Most of my unix admin is from the AIX side, where IBM release fix packs, which contain hundred or more individual fixes. Makes it pretty easy to maintain a server that is not internet connected. Sounds like SLES is a little more involved to update.