Upgrading the Engine or Self-Hosted Engine

Before you start the upgrade process,

• Review Upgrading Your Environment to 4.5.
• Verify that you have satisfied the prerequisites.
• Ensure you have completed Updating engine or self-hosted engine to latest version of 4.4.
• Ensure you have completed Updating KVM hosts to the latest version of 4.4.

1. On the engine or self-hosted engine machine, install the Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager Release 4.5 package.

   # dnf install oracle-ovirt-release-45-el8

2. Verify that the ovirt-4.5 and ovirt-4.5-extras repositories are enabled.

   # dnf repolist

   If either repository is not enabled, use the dnf config-manager --enable repository command to enable them.

   Note:

   For ULN registered hosts or if you are using Oracle Linux Manager, ensure you have subscribed to ol8_x86_64_ovirt45 and ol8_x86_64_ovirt45_extras.

3. Check for updated packages:

   # engine-upgrade-check

4. Update the setup packages:

   # dnf update ovirt\*setup\*

5. Update the engine or self-hosted engine:

   # engine-setup

6. Proceed to Upgrading KVM Hosts.

   Important:

   After the engine and KVM hosts are upgraded and verified, remove the release package for version 4.4 on engine and all KVM hosts:

   dnf remove oracle-ovirt-release-el8