Opgrade OS in place with Viya 3.5

[ANLYNG]

Hi,

Has anyone tried  upgrading Redhat from 7 to Redhat 8 in-place with Viya 3.5 installed?  The easiest is to do in-place but will the Viya software/SAS run afterwards?

Thanks in advance for all comments.

[SASKiwi]

I suggest you ask Tech Support for an official answer. In my experience OS upgrades in place are not recommended and there would be no guarantee SAS would still work.

[Sajid01]

Hello @ANLYNG 
As per SAS documentation that is not possible. (https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/calcdc/3.5/dplyml0phy0lax/n0zjykknqs5ln6n1292uvye8ucrb.htm )

" SAS Viya can only be upgraded on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x following a new deployment on that operating system. You cannot upgrade the operating system to the newer version of Linux without a full redeployment of SAS Viya."

Better contact SAS Tech Support they will let you know if there are changes to this or if there are work arounds.

[ndiack]

Hi @ANLYNG
Were you able to get an answer from SAS to your question?
I have a client who plans to migrate from REHL 7 to 8 in a Viya 3.5 SAS environment and is looking for feedback on the subject.

Thanks

[SASKiwi]

@ndiack - I suggest you ask Tech Support yourself. Most likely you will get the same answer that has already been posted. Even if it were possible, I doubt SAS would support it.