On Thu, 2022-12-08 at 13:30 -0500, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > On Thu, Dec 8, 2022 at 9:38 AM Behrens, Lars (PHI) > <lars.behr...@kit.edu> wrote: > > > > > CERN and Fermilab jointly plan to provide AlmaLinux as the > > > standard > > > distribution for experiments > > > > Will there be (or is there already) an upgrade path from Scientific > > 7 > > to AlmaLinux 8? > > > > I know they have scripts to switch from CentOS/RHEL but have found > > none > > so far for SL. > > > > Cheerz, > > Lars > > I'd not recommend it. Updating a major OS in place is difficult > enough. Adding in a change of vendor, even if they use the same > source > code base is.... well, it's asking for painful surprises. > > I used to write scripts for SL/CentOS/RHEL switchovers. It's a slow > and painful approach, and I don't recommend it.
https://almalinux.org/elevate May or may not work for your system. I generally advise strongly against a major OS upgrade. It is a great time to test your documentation and disaster recovery practices. Pat