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MadDogOfShimano
Oct 23, 2025Copper Contributor
RHEL In-place upgrades and Azure Update Manager
Following the process in this article will cause a disconnection between the data plane and the control plane of the virtual machine (VM). Azure capabilities such as Auto guest patching, Auto OS ima...
Kidd_Ip
Oct 24, 2025MVP
As of now, Microsoft’s official guidance is to avoid in-place upgrades and instead:
- Create a new VM from the desired RHEL image
- Migrate workloads and data
- Re-register with Update Manager and other services