How to upgrade RHEL-SAP-HANA and RHEL-SAP-APPS pay-as-you-go virtual machines from 8.x to 8.10

Applies to: ✔️ Linux VMs

While Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for SAP 8.x (where x isn't equal to 10) can be accessed in Extended Update Services for SAP Solutions (E4S) and Extended Update Support (EUS), RHEL for SAP 8.10 follows a different approach. In this case, the related content is available in unversioned repositories. As a result, updating a RHEL 8.x system running SAP to RHEL 8.10 requires several manual steps.

This article provides the steps to upgrade Linux virtual machines (VMs) that use RHEL-SAP-HANA or RHEL-SAP-APPS pay-as-you-go (PAYG) images from 8.x to 8.10.

Important

Red Hat Update Infrastructure (RHUI) is intended only for PAYG images. If you use custom or golden images (also known as bring-your-own-subscription (BYOS)), you must attach the system to Red Hat Subscription Manager (RHSM) or Satellite to receive updates. For more information, see How to register and subscribe a RHEL system to the Red Hat Customer Portal using RHSM.

For more information about performing the upgrade process on custom, golden, and PAYG images provided by Red Hat, see:

Note

RHEL 8.10 is the final RHEL 8 release, and maintenance is defined by the Maintenance Support 2 Phase policy.

Prerequisites

Make a backup of the Linux VM or a snapshot of the operating system (OS) disk.
Set up access to the Serial Console.
Stop the SAP process during the OS update process.
Run the commands in this article with root privileges.
Before upgrading production systems to 8.10, verify that this release is compatible with the required SAP software. For more information, see SAP Software on Linux: General information - SAP note 2369910.

Upgrade RHEL-SAP-HANA PAYG images from 8.x to 8.10

Remove the RHUI E4S package installed or updated on the VM:
```
sudo dnf remove $(rpm -qa | grep -i rhui)
```
Remove the version lock file:
```
sudo rm /etc/yum/vars/releasever
```

Create a config file by using this command:

sudo tee rhel8-base-sap-ha.config > /dev/null <<< $'[rhui-microsoft-azure-rhel8-base-sap-ha]\nname=Microsoft Azure RPMs for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (rhel8-base-sap-ha)\nbaseurl=https://rhui4-1.microsoft.com/pulp/repos/unprotected/microsoft-azure-rhel8-base-sap-ha\nenabled=1\ngpgcheck=1\ngpgkey=https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc\nsslverify=1'

Install the rhui-azure-rhel8-base-sap-ha package:

sudo dnf --config rhel8-base-sap-ha.config install rhui-azure-rhel8-base-sap-ha

Verify that the corresponding repositories are available and show no errors:

sudo dnf repolist

repo id                                      repo name
ansible-2-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rhui-rpms        Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 8 x86_64 (RPMs) from RHUI
packages-microsoft-com-prod                  packages-microsoft-com-prod
rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rhui-rpms        Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - AppStream from RHUI (RPMs)
rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rhui-rpms           Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - BaseOS from RHUI (RPMs)
rhel-8-for-x86_64-highavailability-rhui-rpms Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - High Availability (RPMs) from RHUI
rhel-8-for-x86_64-sap-netweaver-rhui-rpms    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - SAP NetWeaver (RPMs) from RHUI
rhel-8-for-x86_64-sap-solutions-rhui-rpms    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - SAP Solutions (RPMs) from RHUI
rhui-microsoft-azure-rhel8-base-sap-ha       Microsoft Azure RPMs for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (rhel8-base-sap-ha)

Important

A single host can accommodate both SAP HANA and other SAP applications, such as NetWeaver. In this case, all the preceding repositories are required. Optionally, you can modify the /etc/yum.repos.d/rh-cloud-base-sap-ha.repo file based on your system's specific requirements.

Upgrade the system to RHEL 8.10:
```
sudo dnf update
```
Reboot the VM to complete the upgrade:
```
sudo reboot 
```

Upgrade RHEL-SAP-APPS PAYG images from 8.x to 8.10

Remove the RHUI EUS-SAP package installed:

sudo dnf remove $(rpm -qa | grep -i rhui)

Remove the version lock file:
```
sudo rm /etc/yum/vars/releasever
```

Create a config file by using this command:

sudo tee rhel8-base-sap-apps.config > /dev/null <<< $'[rhui-microsoft-azure-rhel8-base-sap-apps]\nname=Microsoft Azure RPMs for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (rhel8-base-sap-apps)\nbaseurl=https://rhui4-1.microsoft.com/pulp/repos/unprotected/microsoft-azure-rhel8-base-sap-apps\nenabled=1\ngpgcheck=1\ngpgkey=https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc\nsslverify=1'

Install the rhui-azure-rhel8-base-sap-apps package:

sudo dnf --config rhel8-base-sap-apps.config install rhui-azure-rhel8-base-sap-apps

Verify that the corresponding repositories are available and show no errors:

sudo dnf repolist

repo id                                   repo name
ansible-2-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rhui-rpms     Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 8 x86_64 (RPMs) from RHUI
packages-microsoft-com-prod               packages-microsoft-com-prod
rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rhui-rpms     Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - AppStream from RHUI (RPMs)
rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rhui-rpms        Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - BaseOS from RHUI (RPMs)
rhel-8-for-x86_64-sap-netweaver-rhui-rpms Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - SAP NetWeaver (RPMs) from RHUI
rhui-microsoft-azure-rhel8-base-sap-apps  Microsoft Azure RPMs for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (rhel8-base-sap-apps)

Upgrade the system to RHEL 8.10:
```
sudo dnf update
```
Reboot the VM to complete the upgrade:
```
sudo reboot 
```

Next steps

If your next target is to move to RHEL 9 for SAP environments, see How to upgrade SAP-HANA and SAP-APPS PAYG virtual machines from RHEL 8.x to RHEL 9.x using Leapp for more details.

Third-party information disclaimer

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Last updated on 2026-01-15