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# Best Practices for Updating Your Tableau Server Computer

This topic provides the steps for doing minor version upgrades or patches on a computer running Tableau Server.

**Important:** Any major version operating system or Linux system kernel upgrade (for example: RHEL 7.x to RHEL 8.x) must be done using Blue/Green guidelines. **Do not do a major version upgrade directly on a machine already running Tableau Server.** Even if you follow the steps below, Tableau Server will be in an unstable state if it starts at all.  
  
**Doing a major OS version upgrade directly on a machine that is running Tableau Server will render your Tableau Server installation unsupported.**  
  
For details on Blue/Green upgrades, see [Using a Blue/Green approach for upgrading Tableau Server](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/server-linux/en-gb/server-upgrade-blue-green.htm).

To do a minor version update or patch of the operating system or Linux kernel of a computer running Tableau Server:

1. Use TSM to stop the Tableau Server:
    
    At a command prompt, type: `tsm stop` and wait until all services are completely stopped.
2. Stop the TSM administrative services by running the `stop-administrative-services` script, by default:
    
    `/opt/tableau/tableau_server/packages/scripts.<version_code>/stop-administrative-services`
3. Patch the operating system as instructed by your IT team or operating system vendor for all nodes in the cluster.
4. If the patch requires a reboot of the operating system, make sure that all hosts in the Tableau Server cluster complete the reboot before restarting Tableau Server.
5. Start Tableau Server with TSM:
    
    At a command prompt, type: `tsm start` and wait until all services are completely started.