[SOLVED] Unable to update from PVE 8.1 to 8.4

[mary.ctrl]

I have a Proxmox VE running in version 8.1 and am trying to upgrade to 8.4, however the dist-upgrade does not upgrade anything. Do I need either the non-subscription or enterprise repo enabled to allow dist-upgrades to 8.4?

This is my first time trying a dist-upgrade on Proxmox, so I may be missing something crucial here. Sorry for my inexperience.
I've been following the information listed here: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Downlo...Proxmox_Virtual_Environment_8.x_to_latest_8.4

# pveversion
pve-manager/8.1.4/ec5affc9e41f1d79 (running kernel: 6.5.11-8-pve)

# grep -r '^deb ' /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://security.debian.org bookworm-security main contrib

# apt update && apt list --upgradable
Hit:1 http://security.debian.org bookworm-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease
Hit:3 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up to date.
Listing... Done

# apt dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

I also noticed, that my testing instance, which gets less love and attention, but was installed with the 8.3 ISO exhibits the same behavior. I'm on 8.3 there, but apt update/upgrade/dist-upgrade all fail to provide the version upgrade to 8.4.

# pveversion
pve-manager/8.3.0/c1689ccb1065a83b (running kernel: 6.8.12-4-pve)

 

[leesteken]

# pveversion
Hit:1 http://security.debian.org bookworm-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease
Hit:3 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates InRelease
Reading package lists... Done

There is no sign of a Proxmox VE repository. You need to add/enable a repository. Probably the no-subscription if you didn't buy a support subscription: https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pve-admin-guide.html#sysadmin_no_subscription_repo . This can also be done via the Proxmox web GUI (and there are lots of threads about this on this forum).

 

[mary.ctrl]

There is no sign of a Proxmox VE repository. You need to add/enable a repository. Probably the no-subscription if you didn't buy a support subscription: https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pve-admin-guide.html#sysadmin_no_subscription_repo . This can also be done via the Proxmox web GUI (and there are lots of threads about this on this forum).

Thank you very much for the feedback! I was trying to find details, about whether the Proxmox VE enterprise or non-subscription repository is required for dist-upgrades, but apparently I was looking in the wrong places.

I've tried enabling the non-subscription on my test instance and I receive the upgrade there now!
That also explains, why I haven't faced this issue on my work server, as we have an enterprise license there.

Thank you kindly!