[SOLVED] pve5.4 offline upgrade 6.3

[m4ak]

This is a Huawei RH2285 server, version 5.4 installed by ISO, and the server cannot be connected to the Internet. Is there an offline way to upgrade to 6.3?


I have a computer connected to the Internet. You can install a virtual machine. Install pve5.4 in the virtual machine and use the PVE in this virtual machine to update. How do I send the update package to the server to update the PVE? Or the server uses this virtual machine as the update source to update directly?

 

[Dominic]

It might be easier to create backups, do a new installation with PVE 6 ISO and restore the backups as outlined in the upgrade guide https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Upgrade_from_5.x_to_6.0#New_installation

 

[t.lamprecht]

It might be easier to create backups, do a new installation with PVE 6 ISO and restore the backups as outlined in the upgrade guide

In general yes, you're right, but that specific Huawei server does not likes the kernel/environment of the 6.4 ISO that much, IIRC.

How do I send the update package to the server to update the PVE? Or the server uses this virtual machine as the update source to update directly?

Either way, you need a local mirror of the buster repositories.
Then you can either:

• use the ISO as a repository, download it move it to the server and mount it there, then add the mounted path as file repository:

  mkdir /mnt/iso
  mount proxmox-ve_6.3-1.iso /mnt/iso
  echo 'deb [trusted=yes] file:///mnt/iso/ buster pve' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/local-iso.list

• Use also apt mirror for the pve-no-subscription repository and mirror that too locally

What may also be an option is using a trusted HTTP proxy to connect to the internet and let APT pull the updates through there, you can set such a proxy in Datacenter -> Options.

In any way: please test the upgrade path, even if only in a virtual PVE VM test instance, to ensure the chosen method works in your setup.

 

[m4ak]

In general yes, you're right, but that specific Huawei server does not likes the kernel/environment of the 6.4 ISO that much, IIRC.



Either way, you need a local mirror of the buster repositories.
Then you can either:

• use the ISO as a repository, download it move it to the server and mount it there, then add the mounted path as file repository:

  mkdir /mnt/iso
  mount proxmox-ve_6.3-1.iso /mnt/iso
  echo 'deb [trusted=yes] file:///mnt/iso/ buster pve' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/local-iso.list

• Use also apt mirror for the pve-no-subscription repository and mirror that too locally

What may also be an option is using a trusted HTTP proxy to connect to the internet and let APT pull the updates through there, you can set such a proxy in Datacenter -> Options.

In any way: please test the upgrade path, even if only in a virtual PVE VM test instance, to ensure the chosen method works in your setup.

thank you ,I'm doing the part about ProxMox on APT Mirror, it looks a little big, about 140G