Hello guys,
the HANA One AMI (91.1) is still SLES 11 SP3. The support for SP3 ended on January 31 2016. I recently received an email from AWS regarding this issue (see below). We need to upgrade to 11 SP4 or 12 SP1.
Although I did this for my other instances on aws on my own (11 SP3 to 11 SP4 is really easy, little more complicated to go to 12 SP1) I'm not sure how to proceed with HANA One:
Do we need to do this upgrade on our own? Will there be a new AMI to migrate to?
I'm not sure if the upgrade will break any functionality (like the HANA One Portal) since I've had a lot of issues some time ago when I tried to apply updates via "zypper up".
Would be nice to have some instructions how to proceed on this issue.
Thanks,
Fabian
PS: Here is the mail I got from AWS:
Dear AWS customer,
Based on our records we believe you are currently running or have launched in the past twelve months an instance of a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) AMI that SUSE has marked for deprecation as part of SUSE’s standard image lifecycle. The SLES AMI(s) we believe you have used that are marked for deprecation are:
ami-1fc74b68
ami-0ab97d62
ami-728ace1a
SUSE is deprecating these AMIs either because they are older versions of SLES that are now out of the SUSE support life cycle, or because they use an older update infrastructure that SUSE is retiring. SUSE has indicated it is necessary for you to migrate to a newer SLES version per the instructions below so that you will continue to receive software updates from SUSE as part of their standard support cycle.
As part of SUSE’s deprecation process, AWS will take these SLES AMI(s) out of the Amazon EC2 AMI catalog on May 18, 2016. You will not be able to launch any further instances from the AMI after that date. Although running instances will not be interrupted at that time, they will not be able to restart from a reboot or stop/start. To avoid interruption of service, you must migrate/update your running instances by following the instructions below.
In connection with the SUSE deprecation, AWS took steps to minimize new usage of the deprecated AMIs by removing them from the search function of the console and API/CLI on May 28, 2015. However, with the AMI ID you will still be able to launch new instances via the API or CLI from the AMIs until the deprecation date of May 18, 2016.
Should you require assistance identifying and updating your instances, please contact AWS Support.
Full details from SUSE can be found in the AWS section of the following SUSE post:
SUSE Image Life Cycle for Public Cloud Deployments
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