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Oracle Linux upgrade to UEK 8

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After release of UEK 8, you may upgrade to the newer kernel on Oracle Linux 9.6 with the following steps:

Self-managed

  1. Update oraclelinux-release-el9 and check the file /etc/yum.repos.d/uek-ol9.repo.
[ol9_UEKR7]
name=Oracle Linux 9 UEK Release 7 ($basearch)
baseurl=https://yum$ociregion.$ocidomain/repo/OracleLinux/OL9/UEKR7/$basearch/
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
 
[ol9_UEKR8]
name=Oracle Linux 9 UEK Release 8 ($basearch)
baseurl=https://yum$ociregion.$ocidomain/repo/OracleLinux/OL9/UEKR8/$basearch/
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle
gpgcheck=1
enabled=0
  1. If ol9_UEKR8 is not enabled, enable it.
sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled ol9_UEKR8
  1. Install or upgrade kernel-uek to the latest version.

OS Management Hub

  1. In software sources, add the ol9_uekr8 source for your architecture.
  2. In groups, attach the new UEK source and detach the old one.
  3. In software sources, delete the old UEK source.

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