On Thu, 2022-12-08 at 13:30 -0500, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 8, 2022 at 9:38 AM Behrens, Lars (PHI)
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > 
> > > CERN and Fermilab jointly plan to provide AlmaLinux as the
> > > standard
> > > distribution for experiments
> > 
> > Will there be (or is there already) an upgrade path from Scientific
> > 7
> > to AlmaLinux 8?
> > 
> > I know they have scripts to switch from CentOS/RHEL but have found
> > none
> > so far for SL.
> > 
> > Cheerz,
> > Lars
> 
> I'd not recommend it. Updating a major OS in place is difficult
> enough. Adding in a change of vendor, even if they use the same
> source
> code base is.... well, it's asking for painful surprises.
> 
> I used to write scripts for SL/CentOS/RHEL switchovers. It's a slow
> and painful approach, and I don't recommend it.

https://almalinux.org/elevate

May or may not work for your system.  I generally advise strongly
against a major OS upgrade.  It is a great time to test your
documentation and disaster recovery practices.

Pat