Upgrade without reboot

Lioh

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Hi all,

is it possible to upgrade from the latest 6.2 version to 6.3 without rebooting the node?

And is there any advantage of using pveupdate && pveupgrade over apt update && apt dist-upgrade?

Greetins
Lioh
 
Hi all,

is it possible to upgrade from the latest 6.2 version to 6.3 without rebooting the node?

And is there any advantage of using pveupdate && pveupgrade over apt update && apt dist-upgrade?

Greetins
Lioh
You will have to reboot, as there will be a new kernel verison... pveupdate and pveupgrade are small wrappers around apt-get which make sure to show you additional PVE specific infos. You can check out their functionality with cat /usr/bin/pveupdate and cat /usr/bin/pveupgrade (note that these are perl scripts).
 
Good to know, thanks. But Kernel Upgrades are not necessary, right? So I could just update Proxmox VE (and the Kernel) but wait with the reboot for a maintenance window?
 
Good to know, thanks. But Kernel Upgrades are not necessary, right? So I could just update Proxmox VE (and the Kernel) but wait with the reboot for a maintenance window?
Well, the kernel will play a role and it might be fine to run on the older kernel for minor releases. Why not perform the 6.2 to 6.3 upgrade at the maintenance window altogether?