Merge pull request #19541 from VanMSFT/removeRHEL76support

Removed support for RHEL 7.6 and lower

Author: PRMerger8

docs/includes/linux-supported-platfoms-2019.md

@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@ author: VanMSFT
 ms.prod: sql
 ms.technology: linux
 ms.topic: include
-ms.date: 06/10/2021
+ms.date: 06/11/2021
 ms.author: vanto
 ---
 
 ## Supported platforms
 
 | Platform | File System | Installation Guide | Get | 
 |-----|-----|-----|-----|
-| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 - 7.9, or 8.0 - 8.3 Server | XFS or EXT4 | [Installation guide](../linux/quickstart-install-connect-red-hat.md) | [Get RHEL 8.0](https://access.redhat.com/products/red-hat-enterprise-linux/evaluation) |
+| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 - 7.9, or 8.0 - 8.3 Server | XFS or EXT4 | [Installation guide](../linux/quickstart-install-connect-red-hat.md) | [Get RHEL 8.0](https://access.redhat.com/products/red-hat-enterprise-linux/evaluation) |
 | SUSE Enterprise Linux Server v12 SP3 - SP5 | XFS or EXT4 | [Installation guide](../linux/quickstart-install-connect-suse.md) | [Get SLES v12](https://www.suse.com/products/server) |
 | Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, 18.04 LTS, 20.04 LTS | XFS or EXT4 | [Installation guide](../linux/quickstart-install-connect-ubuntu.md) | [Get Ubuntu 20.04](https://releases.ubuntu.com/20.04/) |
 | Docker Engine 1.8+ on Windows, Mac, or Linux | N/A | [Installation guide](../linux/quickstart-install-connect-docker.md) | [Get Docker](https://www.docker.com/get-started) |

docs/linux/quickstart-install-connect-clouds.md

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ In this quickstart, you will install SQL Server on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHE
 
 ## Amazon Web Services
 1.	Create a Linux AMI with at least 2 GB of memory from the marketplace 
-    * [RHEL 7.3+](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B00KWBZVK6)
+    * [RHEL 7.7+](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B00KWBZVK6)
     * [SLES v12 SP3+](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B00PMM99PI)
     * [Ubuntu 16.04](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B01JBL2M0O)
 1.	Connect to the AMI with ssh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ In this quickstart, you will install SQL Server on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHE
 
 ## Google Cloud Platform
 1.	Create a Linux image with at least 2 GB of memory from the Cloud Launcher 
-    * [RHEL 7.3+](https://console.cloud.google.com/launcher/details/rhel-cloud/rhel-7)
+    * [RHEL 7.7+](https://console.cloud.google.com/launcher/details/rhel-cloud/rhel-7)
     * [SLES v12 SP5](https://console.cloud.google.com/launcher/details/suse-cloud/sles-12)
     * [Ubuntu 16.04](https://console.cloud.google.com/launcher/details/ubuntu-os-cloud/ubuntu-xenial)
 1.	Connect to the image with ssh

docs/linux/quickstart-install-connect-red-hat.md

@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ In this quickstart, you install SQL Server 2019 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHE
 <!--SQL Server 2019 on Linux-->
 ::: moniker range=">= sql-server-linux-ver15 || >= sql-server-ver15 "
 
-You must have a RHEL 7.3 - 7.8, or 8.0 - 8.3 machine with **at least 2 GB** of memory.
+You must have a RHEL 7.7 - 7.8, or 8.0 - 8.3 machine with **at least 2 GB** of memory.
 
 ::: moniker-end
 
 <!--SQL Server 2017 on Linux-->
 ::: moniker range="= sql-server-linux-2017 || = sql-server-2017"
 
-You must have a RHEL 7.3 - 7.8, or 8.0 - 8.3 machine with **at least 2 GB** of memory.
+You must have a RHEL 7.7 - 7.8, or 8.0 - 8.3 machine with **at least 2 GB** of memory.
 
 ::: moniker-end
 

docs/linux/sql-server-linux-active-directory-join-domain.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description: This article provides guidance joining a SQL Server Linux host mach
 author: tejasaks
 ms.author: tejasaks
 ms.reviewer: vanto
-ms.date: 11/30/2020
+ms.date: 06/11/2021
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ms.prod: sql
 ms.technology: linux
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ Before you configure Active Directory authentication, you need to set up an Acti
 
 > [!IMPORTANT]
 > The sample steps described in this article are for guidance only and refer to Ubuntu 16.04, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.x and SUSE Enterprise Linux (SLES) 12 operating systems. Actual steps may slightly differ in your environment depending on how your overall environment is configured and operating system version. For example, Ubuntu 18.04 uses netplan while Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.x uses nmcli among other tools to manage and configure network. It is recommended to engage your system and domain administrators for your environment for specific tooling, configuration, customization, and any required troubleshooting.
+>
+> For information on configuring Active Directory with newer versions of Ubuntu, RHEL, or SLES, see [Configure Active Directory authentication with SQL Server on Linux using adutil](sql-server-linux-ad-auth-adutil-tutorial.md).
 
 ### Reverse DNS (RDNS)
 

docs/linux/sql-server-linux-availability-group-cluster-rhel.md

@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ sudo pcs property set cluster-recheck-interval=2min
 ```
 
 > [!IMPORTANT] 
-> All distributions (including RHEL 7.3 and 7.4) that use the latest available Pacemaker package 1.1.18-11.el7 introduce a behavior change for the start-failure-is-fatal cluster setting when its value is false. This change affects the failover workflow. If a primary replica experiences an outage, the cluster is expected to failover to one of the available secondary replicas. Instead, users will notice that the cluster keeps trying to start the failed primary replica. If that primary never comes online (because of a permanent outage), the cluster never fails over to another available secondary replica. Because of this change, a previously recommended configuration to set start-failure-is-fatal is no longer valid and the setting needs to be reverted back to its default value of `true`. 
+> All distributions that use the latest available Pacemaker package 1.1.18-11.el7 introduce a behavior change for the start-failure-is-fatal cluster setting when its value is false. This change affects the failover workflow. If a primary replica experiences an outage, the cluster is expected to failover to one of the available secondary replicas. Instead, users will notice that the cluster keeps trying to start the failed primary replica. If that primary never comes online (because of a permanent outage), the cluster never fails over to another available secondary replica. Because of this change, a previously recommended configuration to set start-failure-is-fatal is no longer valid and the setting needs to be reverted back to its default value of `true`. 
 > Additionally, the AG resource needs to be updated to include the `failover-timeout` property. 
 
 To update the property value to `true` run:

docs/linux/sql-server-linux-change-repo.md

@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ Configure the new repository to use for SQL Server installations and upgrades. U
 >
 > Starting with SQL Server 2017 CU20, RHEL 8 is supported.
 >
-> If you are using RHEL 7 or RHEL 8, ensure the paths match `/rhel/7` or `/rhel/8`. Our packages are agnostic to RHEL minor versions. This means that if you are using RHEL 7.6, you will need to use the path `/rhel/7` to configure your repository.
+> If you are using RHEL 7 or RHEL 8, ensure the paths match `/rhel/7` or `/rhel/8`. Our packages are agnostic to RHEL minor versions. This means that if you are using RHEL 7.7, you will need to use the path `/rhel/7` to configure your repository.
 
 | Repository | Version | Command |
 |---|---|---|

docs/linux/sql-server-linux-create-availability-group.md

@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ The AG resource that is created is a special kind of resource called a clone. Th
     ```
 
     >[!NOTE]
-    >On RHEL 7.4, you may encounter a warning with the use of --master. To avoid this, use
+    >On RHEL 7.7, you may encounter a warning with the use of --master. To avoid this, use
     >`sudo pcs resource create <NameForAGResource> ocf:mssql:ag ag_name=<AGName> meta failover-timeout=30s master notify=true`
 
     **SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)**

docs/linux/sql-server-linux-release-notes-2019.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: Release notes for SQL Server 2019 on Linux
 description: This article contains the release notes and supported features for SQL Server 2019 running on Linux. Release notes are included for the most recent release and several previous releases.
 author: VanMSFT 
 ms.author: vanto
-ms.date: 06/10/2021
+ms.date: 06/11/2021
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ms.prod: sql
 ms.technology: linux

docs/linux/sql-server-linux-release-notes.md

@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ The following release notes apply to [!INCLUDE[ssSQL17](../includes/sssql17-md.m
 
 | Platform | File System | Installation Guide |
 |-----|-----|-----|
-| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 - 7.8, or 8.0 - 8.3 Server | XFS or EXT4 | [Installation guide](quickstart-install-connect-red-hat.md) | 
-| SUSE Enterprise Linux Server v12 SP2 - SP5 | XFS or EXT4 | [Installation guide](quickstart-install-connect-suse.md) |
+| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 - 7.9, or 8.0 - 8.3 Server | XFS or EXT4 | [Installation guide](quickstart-install-connect-red-hat.md) | 
+| SUSE Enterprise Linux Server v12 SP3 - SP5 | XFS or EXT4 | [Installation guide](quickstart-install-connect-suse.md) |
 | Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, 18.04 LTS | XFS or EXT4 | [Installation guide](quickstart-install-connect-ubuntu.md) | 
 | Docker Engine 1.8+ on Windows, Mac, or Linux | N/A | [Installation guide](quickstart-install-connect-docker.md) | 
 

docs/linux/sql-server-linux-setup.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ titleSuffix: SQL Server
 description: Install, update, and uninstall SQL Server on Linux. This article covers online, offline, and unattended scenarios. 
 author: VanMSFT 
 ms.author: vanto
-ms.date: 06/10/2021
+ms.date: 06/11/2021
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ms.prod: sql
 ms.custom: "sqlfreshmay19"
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ SQL Server is supported on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), SUSE Linux Enterpris
 
 | Platform | Supported version(s) | Get |
 |-----|-----|----- |
-| **Red Hat Enterprise Linux** | 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 8.0 - 8.3  | [Get RHEL 7.6](https://access.redhat.com/products/red-hat-enterprise-linux/evaluation) |
+| **Red Hat Enterprise Linux** | 7.7 - 7.9, 8.0 - 8.3  | [Get RHEL](https://access.redhat.com/products/red-hat-enterprise-linux/evaluation) |
 | **SUSE Linux Enterprise Server** | v12 SP3 - SP5 | [Get SLES v12](https://www.suse.com/products/server) |
 | **Ubuntu** | 16.04, 18.04 | [Get Ubuntu 18.04](https://releases.ubuntu.com/bionic/) |
 | **Docker Engine** | 1.8+ | [Get Docker](https://www.docker.com/get-started) |